{"id":107362,"date":"2026-06-30T11:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/?p=107362"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:27:31","slug":"2026-canada-day-festivities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/2026-canada-day-festivities\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Canada Day festivities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Come celebrate Canada Day with us during our popular annual event on Wednesday, July 1!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8:00 a.m. Soccerfest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"elementor-image-box-description\">Location : Royal West Academy Field<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/app.amilia.com\/store\/en\/ville-de-montreal-ouest\/shop\/programs\/134959\" target=\"blank\">Free registration<\/a>, register by age on Amilia (U8 to adults)<\/li>\n<li>Music, entertainment, food (free for participants)<\/li>\n<li>Round robin tournaments, 7 on 7<\/li>\n<li>Winners will be honoured at the Canada Day festivities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Wibit obstacle course at the Municipal Pool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:00 p.m. Contests at Paula Cordeau Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">3:30 p.m. Parade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The parade begins at the corner of Ainslie &amp; Westminster South and makes its way up Westminster to Parkside to end at Strathearn Park.<\/p>\n<p>The parade will be made up of local community groups, dignitaries, pipes and drums and more. Contest participants will also have the opportunity to be part of the parade!<\/p>\n<p>Sections of Westminster Avenue will be closed as the parade moves up to Parkside. Traffic will be redirected on Ballantyne and Brock for the duration of the parade.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/montreal-west.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Canada-day-parade-route-2023.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Check out the parade route<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and plan your trips accordingly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:00 p.m. Festivities at Strathearn Park<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4:00 to 9:00 p.m. Inflatables, face painting, crafts, BBQ, cotton candy, drinks<\/li>\n<li>4:30 to 8:30 p.m. <span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Petting zoo, pony rides<\/span><\/li>\n<li>4:30 p.m. Music with Shawny<\/li>\n<li>5:00 p.m. Yan the Magician<\/li>\n<li>6:00 p.m. The Fundamentals<\/li>\n<li>7:45 p.m. O\u2019 Canada, Mayor\u2019s address, free cake<\/li>\n<li>8:00 p.m.Line dancing with Gilbert<\/li>\n<li>8:15 p.m. The Fundamentals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>To ensure a safe environment for all, glass bottles are forbidden in the park. It is also forbidden to bring in any alcohol. Alcohol will be available for purchase on-site.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vendors: Terrone, MTL Craft Cocktails, Ice cream cart\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our Sponsors: IGA Lipari, Danny &amp; Pat, Community Service Council<\/p>\n<p><strong>9:45 p.m. Fire works at Hodgson Field\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bring your chairs and blankets, settle in comfortably, and enjoy spectacular fireworks to close the day.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In case of rain <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Soccerfest will take place rain or shine. it will be moved to the Gymnasium at the Sports and Recreation Centre in the event of extreme weather (thunder and lightning).<\/li>\n<li>Contest and parade will be cancelled.<\/li>\n<li>Park activtiies will be moved to the Sports and Recreation Centre (performances, activities, food, and drinks)<\/li>\n<li>Fireworks, may be delayed or cancelled due to weather and safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The event is made possible with the support of Heritage Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come celebrate Canada Day with us during our popular annual event on Wednesday, July 1! 8:00 a.m. Soccerfest Location : Royal West Academy Field Free registration, register by age on Amilia (U8 to adults) Music, entertainment, food (free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":107365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"better_featured_image":{"id":107365,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1080,"height":1080,"file":"2026\/06\/canada-day-2-1.png","filesize":582982,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"canada-day-2-1-992x992.png","width":992,"height":992,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":188356,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/canada-day-2-1-992x992.png"},"thumbnail":{"file":"canada-day-2-1-285x285.png","width":285,"height":285,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":19159,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/canada-day-2-1-285x285.png"},"medium_large":{"file":"canada-day-2-1-768x768.png","width":768,"height":768,"mime-type":"image\/png","filesize":117903,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/canada-day-2-1-768x768.png"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]}},"post":107362,"source_url":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/canada-day-2-1.png"},"acf":{"banner_img":false},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-08 15:40:17","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal-ouest.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}