7 Canada Day Party Ideas For the Best Bash of the Year

Throw the most amazing Canada Day party ever with these 7 ideas for good food, drinks, games and more! Check them out!

Throwing a Canada Day party? We have everything you need to make sure it’s the best one yet! Canada Day is all about celebrating unity!  The day celebrates the uniting of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into one single dominion. It dates back all the way to 1867 and is a must-celebrate holiday in Canada.  Here are food, drink and entertainment ideas for your Canada Day party. With these ideas, your guests will be able to enjoy an amazing menu with plenty of fun to go around!

Canada Day Party Ideas

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Food

Your Canada Day party should incorporate as much red and white food at possible! Here are some menu options to consider.

1- Canada Day drink

Throw the most amazing Canada Day party ever with these 7 ideas for good food, drinks, games and more! Check them out!

This drink is perfect for kids and adults alike!

Ingredients

  • cranberry juice
  • ice
  • Sprite
  • strawberries
  • lemons and mint leaves for garnish (optional)
  1. Pour cranberry juice into a cup.
  2. Then place ice cubes inside of the cup.
  3. Pour Sprite into the cup.
  4. Top with sliced strawberries.

2- Red, white and bacon appetizers

What you’ll need

  • bacon pieces
  • cherry tomatoes
  • mozzarella balls
  • skewers

How to make them

This recipe is simple! All you need to do is skewer the ingredients and place them on a plate. This is the perfect finger food.

3- Cherry Vanilla Cupcakes for Dessert!

Looking for the perfect Canada Day recipe for your dessert table? These cherry vanilla cupcakes aren't just delicious, they look festive & fun too!

Every party needs a delicious, eye-catching dessert, right? Try out Cherry Vanilla cupcakes recipe! It’s fun, festive and oh-so tasty!

 

Decorations

Decorations are an important part of any party!

4- Use painted mason jars as vases. Table centerpieces are a must have. Paint two
mason jars red and one white. Then paint a maple leaf on the white jar. Fill with flowers and you’ve got a lovely centerpiece!

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5- Use mini Canada flags. This is the best way to celebrate and decorate without spending a fortune! Use mini Canada flags in food, on tables and even on the walls. The possibilities are endless.

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Entertainment

Keep your guests having a good time with these entertainment ideas.

6- A Canada day photobooth. Use the Canadian flag as your backdrop and create a photobooth. Pictures are the best way to remember this celebration.

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7- Backyard games. The beautiful weather is one of the best things about Canada Day parties! Celebrate the sunshine by planning a few backyard party games! Just about anything goes, from croquet to volleyball! You can even set up your own mini golf course if you’re willing to dig a few holes in your backyard. Use empty tin cans for the holes. For the course and obstacles, look around your backyard at your kids’ toys, rocks, even your landscape itself!

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These are just a few ideas to make your bash the best one yet. You don’t have to go overboard or spend a fortune on your Canada Day party to have a great time. Really, as long as you have good friends, good food and some great conversation, everyone will have a blast.

 

Have you ever hosted a Canada Day party? What’s your favorite Canada Day tradition?

12 thoughts on “7 Canada Day Party Ideas For the Best Bash of the Year”

  1. Happy Canada day! I have never heard of this day being in the UK but it sounds like a great celebration and you have some great ways to celebrate!

  2. I need to show this to my girlfriend, she’s Canadian but lives in the Netherlands and she tries to get me excited for Canada day :)

  3. All of these food ideas look so great. Hope you have an amazing Canada day. I am going to have to try out the cherry vanilla cupcakes.

  4. Never heard of Canada Day, but it sounds awesome! I like all the different ideas you shared here, specially the cupcakes ( I have sweet tooth) they look delicious!

  5. This is the first time I’ve heard of Canada Day. Leave it to the Canadians to celebrate something so cool as unity. I’m loving the Canada Day drink. It looks so sparkly and refreshing. We have a dinner party coming up this weekend and I think I’m going to add it to the menu!

  6. Those mason jars look bomb! Canada really seems to know how to party!! I plan a visit now but only on February-ish (it has to be near my Birthday date lol)

  7. OMG These look so good and refreshing. I’m Stateside, but my folks are actually visiting Canada as we speak. Those cupcakes and the drink, oh, man! I could so use those about now.

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