The Town of Collingwood and the downtown business improvement area will again host several activities on Canada Day for guests and residents beginning with a pancake breakfast.
The day will also include live entertainment downtown and the traditional citizenship reaffirmation ceremony and giant cake outside of the federal building.
Fireworks will not be part of this year's celebrations as the town didn't receive any bids for the show this year. A drone light display originally planned for March 18's "Future is Bright" festival and paid for with a grant given to the BIA was cancelled because of high winds. It's been postponed to Sidelaunch Days in August as the vendor wasn't available for a show on Canada Day.
Backyard fireworks are permitted on Canada Day from dusk to 11 p.m.
Here's what's going on downtown on July 1:
- Candid Canuck
- All Day - In front of Collingwood’s Town Hall (under the clock tower). Take a ‘selfie’ with a Canadian icon and enter the Collingwood Downtown Facebook contest to win great prizes!
- Celebrity Pancake Breakfast
- 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Town Hall, 97 Hurontario Street (under the clock tower). Join family and friends in this Canada Day tradition, enjoying delicious pancakes, prepared by our Celebrity Chefs. The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for kids. While you wait for the pancakes, enjoy the music, and get a picture at the photo booth.
- Collingwood Downtown Farmers’ Market
- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pine Street parking lot at the corner of Pine and Second streets. Local vendors feature a wide range of organic vegetables and fruit, baking, meats and cheeses, flowers and trees, jams and preserves, maple syrup, honey, handcrafted items and more.
- Canada Day Music Stomp
- 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stomp, walk, wheel, or dance your way across four downtown locations featuring foot-stomping music from ten talented acts. Take part in the Canada Day Music Stomp Scavenger Hunt along the way! View the line-up at www.collingwood.ca/canadaday
- Explore Collingwood’s Canada Day Music Stomp spying special points of interest along the way! Identify where each was found by matching the general location with the photo number and return your completed map to the booth outside of town hall by 4 p.m. to collect a prize. Download your scavenger hunt map online at www.collingwood.ca/canadaday or pick one up at the Town Hall booth.
- Lego Creative Club Kids Zone
- 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. across from town hall. Kids of all ages can build, create, design, and have fun! Over 15,000 LEGO Bricks, 500+ EverBlocks for building, including a giant chair and Canada sign for photo ops.
- Family Bike Parade
- 10 a.m. Starts at Trott's Sports Excellence Parking lot and concludes at Collingwood Library. Decorate your Bike showing your Canadian Pride! Prize awarded for the best decorated. For more information, email collingwoodoptimistclub@gmail.
com or visit collingwoodoptimistclub.ca/ events/canadadayevents2023
- 10 a.m. Starts at Trott's Sports Excellence Parking lot and concludes at Collingwood Library. Decorate your Bike showing your Canadian Pride! Prize awarded for the best decorated. For more information, email collingwoodoptimistclub@gmail.
- Citizenship Reaffirmation Ceremony & Gigantic Canada Day Birthday Cake
- Noon. Federal Building, 44 Hurontario St. Everyone is invited to reaffirm their Canadian citizenship, receive a commemorative certificate, and have a free piece of birthday cake, courtesy of Loblaws.
- Georgian Life Photo Booth
- Noon to 3 p.m. Come get your photo taken, have a good laugh, create memorable moments, and go home with an instant souvenir at the Georgian Life photo booth located in front of town hall.
- Face Painting and Balloon Creations
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Get your face painted in honour of Canada Day and take home a balloon creation from the booth located in front of Town Hall
- 12th-Annual Rubber Duck Race
- 2 p.m. Tickets $5 each or 3 for $10. Individually numbered duckies are released at the Hume St Bridge into the Pretty River, ending at the Pretty River Parkway Bridge. First Place is $1,000, Second Place is $500, and Third Place is $250. Presented by the Collingwood Optimist Club, www.collingwoodoptimistclub.
ca 705-444-3081
- 2 p.m. Tickets $5 each or 3 for $10. Individually numbered duckies are released at the Hume St Bridge into the Pretty River, ending at the Pretty River Parkway Bridge. First Place is $1,000, Second Place is $500, and Third Place is $250. Presented by the Collingwood Optimist Club, www.collingwoodoptimistclub.
- Canada Day Amphitheatre Concert
- 6:30 p.m. – Coming of Age and 7:45 p.m. – Spencer Mackenzie at the Shipyards Amphitheatre, 2 North Maple St. The best live music on the shores of Georgian Bay. Don’t miss Collingwood’s hottest classic rock band, Coming of Age, followed by JUNO-nominated blues artist, Spencer Mackenzie. Sponsored by FRAM+Slokker, Collingwood Quay Condos, and Living Water Resorts.
Learn more at: www.collingwood.ca/canadaday
