Canada Day at The Forks

🇨🇦 Canada Day at The Forks – July 1, 2025

📍 Location: Multiple Locations at The Forks
🕘 Time: Events run from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
🎟️ Admission: Free

Celebrate everything that makes Canada ‘our home and native land’ this July 1 at The Forks! The day features the return of dance battles, Píhtikwé Skatepark demonstrations, a basketball tournament, and food trucks. It's a vibrant, family-focused celebration with a handmade market, live critters from FortWhyte Alive, and performers representing many cultures.

Activities by Location:

• CN Stage and Field: Handmade Market, Large Games, Basketball
• Oodena Celebration Circle: Sacred Fire
• The Plaza Skate Park: Píhtikwé Skatepark Demo – spray paint and stencils for boards/shirts, sticker giveaway
• Food Trucks: Throughout the site

🕘 Hourly Schedule

• 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
  Oodena: Pipe and Water Ceremony
• 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
  Oodena: Children's Story Time with Ashley Cook
• 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  Oodena: Folklorama Collaboration
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
  Oodena: Folklorama Cultural Dances and Fashion Show
• 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  Johnston Terminal Stairs: Live Music with Sassy Mellows
  Oodena: Folklorama Cultural Dances and Fashion Show
  The Port: FortWhyte Alive Critters
  Roof of Parkade: NORTH STAR DANCE FESTIVAL – Cultural Performances, Free Dance Workshops, Street Dance Battles (Dance With GeNie)

• 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  Johnston Terminal Stairs: Ashley Fredette
  The Market: Indigenous Youth Empowerment Panel
  Oodena: Karen Warner and 15 Fiddlers
  The Port: Fancy Shawl and Grass Dancer
  Roof of Parkade: NORTH STAR DANCE FESTIVAL
• 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
  Johnston Terminal Stairs: French Class Music
  Oodena: Contemporary Dance with Justine Erickson
  The Port: Hoop Dancer
  Roof of Parkade: NORTH STAR DANCE FESTIVAL
• 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
  Johnston Terminal Stairs: Inuit Throat Singing and Drum Dancing
  The Market: Tobacco Tie Making
  The Port: Fancy Bustle Dancer
  Roof of Parkade: NORTH STAR DANCE FESTIVAL
• 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
  Oodena: Singing and Drumming with Mary Black
  The Port: Jingle Dress Dancer

Schedule, times, and locations are subject to change on-site.

Thanks to:
This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.
Special thanks to supporting sponsors: London Drugs and CBC.