Turkey Trots & Thanksgiving Races 2026
Thanksgiving is Monday, October 12, 2026. There are 14 turkey trots and Thanksgiving races on the calendar in Canada so far, and 43 more races of every kind across the long weekend, Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12. Every listing links to the organizer's official registration page.
Turkey trots
- Sunday, October 4, 2026
Annual UofA Turkey Trot 2026Price ends soon
Edmonton, AB · Road · 5km / 1km · from $46
- Sunday, October 4, 2026
Body Quest Turkey Tea 10K Race
Mt. Pearl, NL · Road
- Sunday, October 4, 2026
Turkey Trot 2026 Hosted by YQXRC
Gander, NL · Road
- Thursday, October 8, 2026
Turkey Trot Elementary Registration 2026
Kemptville, ON · XC
- Thursday, October 8, 2026
Turkey Trot High School Registration 2026
Kemptville, ON · XC
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot Trail Race & Family Fun Run
Kawartha Lakes, ON · Trail · 10km / 5km / 1km · from $35
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Grimsby On The Lake Turkey Trot
Grimsby, ON · Road · 5km / 1km · from $72
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Thornbury Turkey Trot 2026
Thornbury, ON · Road · 21km / 10km / 5km / 1km · from $72
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Turkey Gobbler Trail Run 2026
Greater Sudbury, ON · Trail · 8km / 3km / 1km · from $36
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Whistler Turkey Trot
Whistler, BC · Road · 10km / 5km · from $53
- Monday, October 12, 2026
2026 Granville Island Turkey Trot
Vancouver, BC · Road · 10km / 1km
- Monday, October 12, 2026
2026 Northumberland Turkey Trot
Cobourg, ON · Road · 5km / 2km / 1km · from $29
- Monday, October 12, 2026
THANKSGIVING DAY MILE
Kitchener, ON · Road · 1mi / 200m · from $35
- Monday, October 12, 2026
Turkey Trot
London, ON · Road · 6km / 2km / 200m · from $8
Everything else on Thanksgiving weekend
Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12 — races with no Thanksgiving theme, sorted by date.
- Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Wildfire Speed Aug-Oct
Toronto, ON · Track
- Monday, August 31, 2026
Yukon Cross Country Team
Whitehorse, YT · XC
- Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Learn (or Return) to Run Fall 2026
Russell, ON · Road
- Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Fireweed Runners Grades 6&7
Whitehorse Elementary school, YT · Track
- Monday, September 14, 2026
High School Fireweed Runners
Whitehorse Elementary school, YT · Track
- Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Junior Fireweed Runners grades 4 and 5
Elijah Smith Elementary, YT · Track
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
2026 Poley Peak Pursuit
Waterford, NB · Road · 13km / 5km · from $65
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
2026 Trapline Marathon
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL · Road
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
2026 UBC Farm Fest XC Race & Pre-Canada West Championships
Vancouver, BC · XC
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
5k/10k Run/Walk for Justice....Honouring Flight PS752 Victims
Newmarket, ON · Road · 10km / 5km · from $35
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
9runrun - Kingston
Kingston, ON · Road · 10km / 5km / 2km · from $57
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Crystal Beach 5k 2026
Fort Erie, ON · Road · 5km · from $29
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Défi de l Innovation
St-Damien-De-Buckland, QC · Trail · 21km / 10km / 5km / 2km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
ECT 50% Half Marathon
Flatrock, NL · Road · 21km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Green Ribbon Walk for Mental Health
Windsor, ON · Walk · 5km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Kinsey Verbeek Memorial Race
Edmonton, AB · XC
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Marathon OASIS de Montréal
Montréal, QC · Road · 10km / 5km / 1km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Run For Rowan
Ferguson Forest Centre Kemptville, ON · XC
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Souris and Area Wildlife Fall Frolic
PE · Road · 10km / 5km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Sticks n' Stones Trail Race 2026
Hamilton, ON · Trail · 53km / 26km / 10km / 5km · from $73
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Thanks For Giving Run
Winkler, MB · Road · 21km / 10km / 5km / 1km · from $61
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
The Water Run 2026
Medicine Hat, AB · Road · 10km / 5km / 3km · from $50
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Valley Harvest Marathon
Wolfville, NS · Trail · 50km / 42km / 21km / 10km
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
VALLEY VERTIKILLER TRAIL RACE 2026
Abbotsford, BC · Trail · 30km / 20km / 10km · from $104
- Saturday, October 10, 2026
Wandering Moose 35k, 25k, 12k
Kelowna, BC · Road · 35km / 25km / 12km / 1km
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
2026 Rising Stars XC Finale
Toronto, ON · XC
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
2026 Royal Victoria Marathon
Victoria, BC · Road · 42km / 21km / 8km / 5km
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Athletics Ontario - Rising Stars Cross Country Finale
North York, ON · XC
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
BougeBouge Wakefield
Wakefield, QC · Trail · 21.1km / 10km / 5km / 3km
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Circuit des Galopeux - Carleton
Saint-Omer, QC · Road
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Kinadapt - Mordus D La Trail
Rawdon, NS · Trail
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Le Défi de Taillon
St-Henri-de-Taillon, QC · Road · 10km / 5km / 3km / 1km
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Marathon de Magog
Magog, QC · Road · Marathon / Half marathon / 10km / 5km
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Pen Run Half and Full Marathon Fall 2026
Langley, BC · Road · 42km / 21km · from $110
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Push4Purpose
Edmonton, AB · Road · 1mi · from $66
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Rosetown Harvest Hustle
Rosetown, SK · Road · 10km / 5km / 2km · from $18
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Run for Resilience 2026
London, ON · Road · 10km / 5km / 1km · from $40
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Sunnybrook XC Prep 1
Toronto, ON · XC
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
The Maple Leaf March -- La Marche Maple Leaf
Ottawa, ON · Road · 65km / 42km / 21km / 10km · from $40
- Sunday, October 11, 2026
Wakefield Covered Bridge Run
Wakefield, QC · Road · 10km / 5km / 3km
- Monday, October 12, 2026
10th Run A Way Dryland Derby
De Winton, AB · Road · 4km / 2km · from $29
- Monday, October 12, 2026
Oktoberfest Run Series 2026
ON · Road
- Monday, October 12, 2026
Trails-Giving / La course des sentiers 5K
Dieppe, NB · Trail · 5km · from $25
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Turkey Trots & Thanksgiving Races 2026 — FAQ
- When is Thanksgiving 2026?
- Monday, October 12, 2026. Canadian Thanksgiving is always the second Monday of October.
- How many turkey trots are there in Canada in 2026?
- 14 with a confirmed date so far, across 11 provinces. The list is rebuilt nightly from the organizers' own calendars, so it grows as races are announced.
- Do I register here?
- No. Every listing links straight to the organizer's own registration page. RaceFinder never takes signups or a cut.