Check out these local Canada Day celebrations

The countdown is on to Canada Day!

Communities across the country are putting the finishing touches on their party plans for July 1.

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Here’s a quick look at the celebrations happening in your neighbourhood this year.

 

Kitchener

Celebration

• Starts at 2 p.m.
• Family-friendly fun
• Downtown at Carl Zehr Square/City Hall

Concert at Carl Zehr Square

• Performances by Danny Michel with Romeo Sex Fighter, April Wine and local artists

DTK Fireworks

• Show begins at dusk (approximately 10:20 p.m.)
• Downtown at Carl Zehr Square/City Hall

Bingemans Celebration and Fireworks

• Free admission
• Performance by The Almost Hip (The Tragically Hip cover band)
• Fireworks at 10 p.m.

 

Waterloo

Community picnic

• 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
• West side of Waterloo Park (near the bandshell)
• Giant games, food trucks, local artists

Drone show

• 10 p.m.
• Waterloo Park West

 

Cambridge

Fishing Derby

• 8 a.m.
• Riverside Park

Celebration

• Riverside Park
• Midway, live music, hot air balloon rides, food trucks, vendors, children’s area and more

Parade

• 11 a.m. on King Street
• Starts on Bishop Street, then to King Street, Eagle Street and ends at Riverside park

Fireworks

• Begins at 10 p.m.
• Riverside Park

 

New Hamburg

Fireworks

• 9:30 p.m.
• Norm S. Hill Park

 

Ayr

Celebration

• 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
• Cowan Park
• Food trucks, live entertainment, family-friendly activities

Fireworks

• 9:45 p.m.
• Cowan Park

 

Woolwich

Free swim

• 10 a.m.
• Woolwich Memorial Centre

Celebration

• 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.
• Woolwich Memorial Centre
• Magic show, antique car show, live music, fire truck tours and more

 

Elora

Pancake Breakfast

• 7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• 1 Macdonald Square

Soap Box Derby

• 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.
• David & Geddes Street

Dominion Day Parade

• 11 a.m.
• Jefferson Elora Community (from Geddes to Church Street)

Free Hot Dog Lunch

• 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
• Bissell Park, Elora

Duck Race

• 1:30 p.m.
• Bissell Park, Elora

 

Fergus

Celebration

• 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
• CW Community Sportsplex
• Bollywood dancing, entertainment, face painting, henna hand painting

Fireworks

• Light show begins at 9:30 p.m.
• CW Community Sportsplex
• Fireworks show, food trucks, music

 

Wilmot

Indigenous Sunrise Ceremony

Celebration

• William Scott Park in New Hamburg
• Opening ceremony starts at 11 a.m. with cake and performance by children’s entertainer Erick Traplin
• Events include: bouncy castles, potato sack races, face painting, egg-and-spoon race, scavenger hunt, three-legged races, bubble-making, craft table, dunk tank, costume characters, vendors, live music and more

Fireworks

• Dusk
• Nith River

 

Guelph

Family fun

• 10:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Market Square
• Art, bubbles, sidewalk chalk and more

Pop-up picnics

• 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at Norma Jary Park
• 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Jubilee Park

Cinema in the City

• 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
• York Road Park
• Bring along lawn chairs and snacks to watch Turning Red

*The Rotary Club of Guelph announced earlier this month that they will not be putting on a fireworks show at Riverside Park.

 

Stratford

Celebrations

• 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Market Square
• Specifics have not yet been announced.

Free swim

• 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• Stratford Lions Pool

Parade

• 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Route starts at the corner of Lakeside Drive and Waterloo Street, then will move north-east from Waterloo Street to Mornington Street, then west onto McCarthy Road West and ending at the Rotary Complex.

 

Brantford

Celebration

• Lions Park Steve Brown Sports Complex (12 Edge Street)
• Live music, KidZone carnival and midway, family-friendly activities, vendors, wrestling shows, photo booth

Fireworks

• 10 p.m.
• Lions Park Steve Brown Sports Complex (12 Edge Street)