11 Cozy Christmas Books Set in Canada

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Maryam is on her way to her sister’s impromptu wedding, and Anna is headed to meet her boyfriend’s wealthy family. These two strangers are seatmates on a flight to Toronto when they encounter extreme turbulence. The scary flight causes the two women to confess their deepest hopes and fears to each other.

They think they’ll never see each other again, but the rough ride leads to an emergency landing in Ottawa. Instead of making it to Toronto, the duo (along with Maryam’s sister’s entire bridal party and Saif, the love of Maryam’s life) find themselves at the quirky Snow Falls Inn in a picture-perfect town. Could being snowbound in a small town unexpectedly turn into the best holiday ever?

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Bride-to-be Bryn is desperate to reunite her six formerly close friends. Instead of having them travel separately to her winter wedding, she books each of them a non-refundable ticket on a cross-Canada Christmas train. The trip will take four cozy days through snow-topped mountains and over frozen lakes.

Once on board, tensions are high between the group. Then a snowstorm halts the train’s progress. Will the group make it to the wedding at all?

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Landon is a quiet hockey goalie for the Calgary farm team, but he’s being called up to the NHL to be the new backup goalie. He doesn’t play hockey to make friends and is okay giving off loner “don’t talk to me” vibes. However, Calgary’s charming superstar young winger, Casey, treats Landon like an old friend.

While the guys have nothing in common, Landon needs a place to stay, and Casey has a big new house that he hates living in alone. First, Landon and Casey go from roommates to friends, but as they spend the holiday together, this bromance turns to romance.

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If you’re looking for a Christmas novel with a twist, I Think We’ve Been Here Before has you covered! In the same week, Marlen is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and the world discovers a cosmic blast will cause the extinction of humanity within months. This will be the last Christmas for everyone.

As they try to make the most of their time left, there’s an unsettling feeling that this unprecedented reality is somehow something they all remember.

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Meg and Mitch are living their dreams in the Canadian Rockies alongside their lifelong friends, Tuck and Lucy.

With their wedding just weeks away, Meg and Mitch have bright futures ahead of them, but then a polar storm strikes, trapping Meg alone in a tiny log cabin while Mitch is out on a rescue mission. When Mitch never returns, Meg, Tuck, and Lucy are forced to come to terms with what they have lost.

Soon, the friendships that Meg thought were forever begin to buckle under tensions, rivalries, and devastating secrets.

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Chloë’s son, Ruben, is spending Christmas with his dad this year. Rather than spending the holiday without him, she plans to ignore it altogether.

When someone contacts her out of the blue, claiming she is the rightful heir to a plot of land in forested Quebec, Canada, she’s positive it’s a scam. Nonetheless, she desperately needs an escape, and they are offering to pay for her flights. When she sees a note her son left for her on their Advent countdown calendar telling her to “say yes!” she does just that.

Suddenly, Chloë’s new Christmas countdown involves a log cabin in the middle of a snowy forest. As she gets to know the locals, she learns that they are worried about the future of their community.

And then there is the gruff lumberjack who gives her pancakes… and butterflies.

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Whitney dreams of entering culinary school, but she’ll have to sell a lot of pies at the Christmas market to pay for the tuition. When her oven breaks, she has to come up with a new plan to keep her pie business afloat.

Marie, the proprietor of the Red Door Inn, agrees to let Whitney use the inn’s kitchen to keep up with her orders. In exchange, Whitney will help watch Marie’s three children and cook breakfast for the inn’s guests.

Among the guests at the busy inn are Aretha, a local shop owner/amateur matchmaker; Aretha’s single nephew, Daniel; and Ruby, a businesswoman hoping to purchase Aretha’s shop. Aretha is trying to play matchmaker between Daniel and Ruby, but Marie is starting to think that she would be the better match for Daniel.

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Greg Wong likes things neat and orderly, and he really doesn’t like it when things don’t go as planned. One thing he definitely didn’t plan was to drive his high school sweetheart, Tasha, back to their hometown for Christmas. But thanks to his mom’s meddling, that’s exactly what he’s forced to do.

To make matters even worse, he likes peace and quiet in the car, and Tasha fills every silence with her terrible singing and laughter. He should be annoyed, but he can’t stop noticing how beautiful she still is.

Plans veer even further off course when a dangerous snowstorm forces them to pull off the road and stay the night in an unheated hotel with only one bed.