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Canada Day Around Toronto

Posted By talk talk talk On June 30, 2008 @ 3:27 pm In Events, Festivals | Comments Disabled

Although Ottawa is, bar none, the best place to celebrate Canada Day, Toronto is no slouch in the festivities department:

8:00 pm, Mel Lastman Square ^[1] — The official City of Toronto celebration. A concert and fireworks to music
7:00 am to 10:00 pm, East York’s Stan Wadlow Park — lots of games, music, eats, exhibits, and fireworks
10:00 am to 5:00pm, Fort York ^[2] — Fort York Summer Guard, perform musket and artillery drill as well as fife and drum music
11:00 am, St. Lawrence Neighbourhood ^[3] — parade and picnic
11:00 am to noon, Chinese Railroad Workers Monument, North Linear Park, west of Skydome — honour the over 4,000 Chinese who lost their lives during construction of the railroad
11:00 am to 4:30 pm, Toronto Zoo ^[4] — celebrate Canada Day with the animals, bipedal and quadrapedal alike
11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Queen’s Park ^[5] — the dignified celebration with a 21-gun salute
11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Black Creek Pioneer Village ^[6] — 30 people become Canadians, crafts, games, music, and more
11:00 am to 11:00 pm, Downsview Park ^[7] — free activities and entertainment, buskers at night, huge fireworks in the sky
Noon to 5:00 pm, Mackenzie House — explore the editorial cartoons and media influence of the Confederation debate of the 1860s — those cartoonists pulled no punches! I love this small treasure of old Toronto on Bond Street.
Noon to 6:00 pm, Kew Garden Park ^[8] — kids games, live entertainment
Noon to 10:00 pm, Centennial Park ^[9] — ribfest!And fireworks too.
12:30 pm, CHIN International Picnic ^[10] — a very packed picnic at the CNE’s Better Living Centre
5:00 pm to 9:45 pm, Harbourfront Centre ^[11] — from Jackie Richardson to the Great Canadian Campfire Song Circle to Martha Wainwright, and much more
10:30 pm, Ontario Place ^[12] — the must-see fireworks to end the happy day on a glorious note

And if all the isn’t enough of a selection, click on this PDF schedule ^[13] provided by the city for more options.

Happy Canada Day!!!

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[1] Mel Lastman Square: http://www.toronto.ca/special_events/canada/events.htm

[2] Fort York: http://fortyork.ca

[3] St. Lawrence Neighbourhood: http://slna.ca/slna-news-pdfs/canadaday%20poster.pdf

[4] Toronto Zoo: http://torontozoo.com/specialevents/#172

[5] Queen’s Park: http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/honours/canadaday/

[6] Black Creek Pioneer Village: http://www.blackcreek.ca/Website/TRCA/website.nsf/frmEventDisplay?OpenForm&NoteID=NT00010E42

[7] Downsview Park: http://downsviewpark.ca/en/events/canadaday2008.cfm

[8] Kew Garden Park: http://beacheslions.com/

[9] Centennial Park: http://torontoribfest.com/

[10] CHIN International Picnic: http://www.chinradio.com/special_events_page.php?id=81

[11] Harbourfront Centre: http://harbourfrontcentre.com

[12] Ontario Place: http://ontarioplace.com/en/events/events1.html

[13] PDF schedule: http://www.toronto.ca/special_events/canada/2008_other.pdf

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