Thanksgiving is Monday, October 12, 2026. If nobody in your house wants to roast a turkey, Calgary and Edmonton hotels, restaurants, the Calgary Zoo and a golf club will do it for you: three-course dinners from $42, brunch buffets, turkey plates under $30, and complete feasts to pick up and reheat, from $32 a person to a $450 dinner for ten. Every offer below was confirmed on the venue's own site or booking page on October 9, and the ones already sold out are marked. Prices marked "about" are the venue's published figures before tax; check the booking page before you go.
Two practical notes. Most takeout feasts need a day or more of notice and several pickup windows are Saturday and Sunday only, so order today. And Sunday dinner is the busiest sitting of the year; if you want a table on the 11th, book it now, and consider the Monday, which is quieter almost everywhere and is the actual holiday. For what else is open on the Monday, see our Thanksgiving Monday guide.
Calgary: dine in
Hawthorn Dining Room, Fairmont Palliser
A harvest-inspired three-course menu every evening of the long weekend in the Palliser's dining room downtown, the one option that runs all four nights. $75 per person, dinner 5 to 9 p.m., October 9 to 12. Hawthorn also does a Turkey To-Go with a choice of whole roasted turkey or ham and the full set of sides; it needs four days' notice, so for this year that window has closed.
When: Friday, October 9 to Monday, October 12, 5 to 9 p.m.
Where: 133 9 Avenue SW
Cost: $75 per person
Fall Harvest Dinner at the Calgary Zoo
Spend Sunday at the zoo (ticket holders can enter from 9 a.m.) and sit down to a four-course turkey dinner at Safari Lodge at 6 p.m., with a plant-based main available. $74.95 for adults, $69.95 for seniors, $43.95 for kids 3 to 15, plus GST, with ticket sales closing at midnight two days before, so Friday night is the deadline.
When: Sunday, October 11, 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Safari Lodge, Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo, 210 St. George's Drive NE
Cost: $74.95 adults, $69.95 seniors, $43.95 children, plus GST
The Selkirk at Heritage Park
Thanksgiving dinner at the Wainwright Hotel's restaurant inside Heritage Park, from 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday and Monday: maple-roasted butternut squash soup, oven-roasted turkey over cranberry-sage stuffing with buttermilk mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie. $42 for all three courses, or $26 for the turkey dinner on its own, while supplies last. It is also the last weekend the Historical Village is open this season.
When: Saturday, October 10 to Monday, October 12, from 4 p.m.
Where: Heritage Park, 1900 Heritage Drive SW
Cost: $42 three courses, $26 turkey dinner
Merchants Restaurant, Marda Loop
The casual option: a $28 Thanksgiving plate of turkey breast, garlic mashed potatoes, seasonal vegetables and house gravy, finished with a deep apple pie, available all day Saturday and Sunday. Earlier in the day the Turkey Trio pairs a turkey sandwich with soup and salad for $17.50. No reservations needed for a plate at the bar.
When: Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, all day
Where: 2118 33 Avenue SW
Cost: $28 dinner, $17.50 Turkey Trio
Calgary: turkey to go
Calgary Zoo takeaway dinner
A ten-person turkey dinner, served hot, picked up at the zoo's South Gate security office (north of the 12 Street bridge in Inglewood) on Sunday or Monday between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. $425 plus GST. Order on the zoo's site.
Pickup: Sunday, October 11 or Monday, October 12, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 1300 Zoo Road NE
Cost: $425 plus GST, serves 10
Hotel Blackfoot Carve-a-Deal
A 13-pound roast turkey with rolls, Caesar salad, vegetables, whipped potatoes, cranberry-apple stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, pumpkin flan and pecan tartlets, served warm in oven-ready containers. Serves eight to ten, $450, 48 hours' notice, pickup October 9 to 12.
Pickup: October 9 to 12, with 48 hours' notice, 5940 Blackfoot Trail SE
Cost: $450, serves 8 to 10
Lina's Italian Market
Per-person feasts rather than a whole bird, which suits a small table: the traditional turkey meal with sage stuffing and the fixings is $35.99 a person, and the Italian-style Thanksgiving (lemon-Parmigiano crusted turkey breast with pancetta jus, rosemary focaccia, caramel tiramisu) is $39.99 and limited to 50 orders. Order by noon for next-day pickup at any of Lina's five Calgary locations, October 9 to 12.
Pickup: October 9 to 12, order by noon the day before; Centre Street NE, Elbow Drive SW, 130 Avenue SE, 64 Avenue NE and 9 Avenue SE
Cost: $35.99 or $39.99 per person
Sunterra Market Seasonal Feasts
Heat-and-eat turkey, ham, prime rib or Vegetable Wellington feasts with seasonal sides, pre-ordered for pickup at any Sunterra in the city, October 9 to 12. The Family Feast gives four servings for the price of three, which is the best per-person deal on this list for a table of four.
Pickup: October 9 to 12, pre-order required, six Calgary locations
Cost: About $32 to $36 per person; Family Feasts from about $96
Already sold out: River Café's and Deane House's Thanksgiving Dinner In Your Home feasts both show sold out on the restaurants' sites.
Edmonton: dine in
Highlands Golf Club
The clubhouse on Ada Boulevard opens its dining room to the public for a Thanksgiving brunch buffet on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., roasted turkey and a ham carving station alongside the eggs Benedict and pancakes, and a three-course turkey dinner on Monday evening. Reservations are required for non-members, by email or phone; the dining room's online booking had a waiting list by Thursday, so ask to be added.
When: Brunch Sunday, October 11, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; dinner Monday, October 12
Where: 6603 Ada Boulevard NW
Cost: Brunch about $55 adults, $27.50 children; Monday dinner about $45
Royal Coach Dining Room, Chateau Louis
A plated Thanksgiving dinner on the Monday night, 5 to 8:30 p.m., from a hotel kitchen that is gluten-free verified, which makes this the easy answer for a table with celiac guests. Around $52 for adults and $49 for seniors, with children priced by age.
When: Monday, October 12, 5 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Chateau Louis Hotel, 11727 Kingsway NW
Cost: About $52 adults, $49 seniors
Stages Kitchen + Bar, DoubleTree West Edmonton
A prepaid Thanksgiving brunch buffet on Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., with turkey, ham, eggs Benedict and the usual brunch spread, booked through Eventbrite. Up to about $49 a person.
When: Sunday, October 11, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: DoubleTree by Hilton West Edmonton, 16615 109 Avenue NW
Cost: Up to about $49 per person
Fantasyland Hotel, West Edmonton Mall
Two options under one roof: the Beverly Hills Ballroom brunch buffet on Sunday (roast turkey, prime rib, seafood and made-to-order stations) and a four-course Thanksgiving dinner at L2 Grill on Sunday and Monday evenings with 5 and 7:15 p.m. seatings. The hotel also sells a Feast-To-Go that serves 15. Prices and bookings are on the hotel's Thanksgiving page.
When: Brunch Sunday, October 11; dinner Sunday and Monday, October 11 and 12
Where: 17700 87 Avenue NW
Cost: Brunch about $79 adults; dinner about $65 to $75
Edmonton: turkey to go
Highlands Turkey Take-Out
A full turkey dinner for five to six, carved turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, vegetables, bourbon cranberry sauce, harvest salad, rolls and pumpkin pie, picked up at the club between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sunday or Monday. The Monday pickup is the rare one on this list.
Pickup: October 10, 11 or 12, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 6603 Ada Boulevard NW
Cost: See the club's site; serves 5 to 6
The Westin Edmonton Turkey To Go
The Harvest Feast ($380, serves four to five) is a herb-brined free-run turkey with apple brioche stuffing, mushroom velouté, garden salad, maple-glazed Brussels sprouts and root vegetables, garlic Yukon Gold purée and a pumpkin-spice tiramisu; the Grand Harvest Feast ($540) serves eight to ten, and you can pay $38 to have the turkey carved before pickup. Ordered through Eventbrite.
Pickup: Thanksgiving weekend, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., 10135 100 Street NW
Cost: $380 serves 4 to 5; $540 serves 8 to 10
Sunterra Market, Lendrum
The same Seasonal Feasts as Calgary, turkey, ham, prime rib or Vegetable Wellington, with the four-for-three Family Feast, pre-ordered for pickup October 9 to 12.
Pickup: October 9 to 12, pre-order required, 5728 111 Street NW
Cost: About $32 to $36 per person; Family Feasts from about $96
If you are cooking after all
Grocery stores in both cities open on holiday hours on Monday, so the last-minute cranberry run is possible; Costco is closed. Transit runs a Sunday schedule in both cities on the 12th, and on-street ParkPlus parking is free in Calgary that day. The full rundown of what is open, closed and paid is in our Thanksgiving 2026 in Alberta guide, and the weekend's events are in the Calgary and Edmonton long-weekend guides.
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