Summer Chicken Recipes — BBQ Season from Victoria Day to Labour Day

BBQ chicken, grilled thighs, summer salads, and no-cook recipes for the hottest months. Made for cottage weekends, backyard cookouts, and Victoria Day grilling.

BBQ season in Canada runs from Victoria Day weekend in May to Labour Day in September — and it's the most glorious four months of the year. The Weber or Broil King comes out of the garage, the deck furniture gets wiped down, and suddenly every meal is cooked outside. These are the chicken recipes for Canadian summers: grilled thighs on the cottage dock, beer can chicken for the long weekend, wings for the Canada Day party, and salads that don't require turning on the oven when it's 35°C with humidity. Whether you're grilling on a balcony in downtown Toronto or smoking a whole bird at the lake house in Muskoka, these recipes are built for our brief but beautiful Canadian summer.