Canada Day

This year’s Canada Day celebration features live and local music, kids’ and family activities, food trucks, a licenced beer garden (19+), a DJ dance party featuring Skratch Bastid, and fireworks!

Admission is free.

Confederation Park

• The Great Canadian Stroll & Roll, presented by Downtown Kingston BIA
  • Starting at 11:30 a.m. from Princess at Barrie St.: Family-friendly walk and ride down Princess Street
  • Bikes, scooters, wagons, pets, and strollers welcome
  • 12:00 p.m.: Arrives at Confederation Park 
• Opening remarks and welcome
  
  • 12:00 p.m.: National Band of the Naval Reserve
  • 12:30 p.m.: Opening remarks including a Welcome by Mayor Bryan Paterson, followed by a Canada Day cake cutting, and a Land Welcome and Prayer by Grandmother Kathy Brant. 
• 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.: Kids Zone sponsored by Canada Royal Milk 
  • 24' Rock Climbing Wall
  • Inflatables
  • Multi-Activity Toddler Zone
  • Face painting (by donation)
  • Yo-Yo Dave
• Live Music
  • 1 - 6 p.m.: Live, local music presented by Downtown Kingston
• 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.: Comedy Magic with Rob Driscoll in the City Hall Amphitheatre
• 10 p.m.: Fireworks finale sponsored by The Island Queen

Springer Market Square

• 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Kingston Public Market
• 6 to 10 p.m.: DJ Party in the Square
  • 6 p.m.: DJ Juno
  • 7 p.m.: DJ Ell Kay
  • 8 p.m.: Skratch Bastid
• 12 to 9 p.m.: Food Vendors
  • El Gringo
  • Fryway
  • Kona Ice Kingston
  • Mio Gelato
  • And more!
• 12 to 9 p.m.: Beer Garden hosted by The Caesar Co. 
  • Licensed / all ages
  • To purchase alcoholic beverages, you will need to present a government-issued photo ID
  • No outside alcohol is allowed

Kingston Public Market

The Kingston Public Market is the oldest and longest-running public market in Ontario, featuring vendors selling fresh local produce, plants and flowers, baked goods, preserves, crafts, and more! The Kingston Public Market will be operating on Canada Day in Springer Market Square from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Getting there

Canada Day is a popular event. Due to high traffic levels, we encourage active modes of transportation: walk, cycle or take public transit.

Transit

Use the Kingston Transit Trip Planner to plan your route. Kids 14 and under can ride for free!

What to bring

• A reusable water bottle to fill up at the Water Buggy courtesy of Utilities Kingston
• Sunscreen, sunglasses, and hats
• Government issued photo identification for beer garden

Road closure notifications

Please note that Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) wishes to advise the public that the LaSalle Causeway will be fully closed to vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians on Tuesday July 1 from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Additional closures

• Market St. will be closed from June 30 at 8 a.m. to July 2 at 2 a.m.
• Ontario St. will be closed from Clarence St. to Brock St. on July 1 from 7 a.m. to July 2 at 2 a.m.

Accessibility information

• Confederation Park and Springer Market Square are fully accessible. Some activities will take place on the grass.
• Accessible restrooms are available in City Hall, the Visitor Information Centre, in addition to accessible portable restrooms.
• Portable restrooms are non-gendered. Additional non-gendered restrooms are available in City Hall and the Visitor Information Centre.
• Water bowls will be available for guide dogs at the Special Events Office information booth.

If you have any specific accessibility needs, please email specialeventsoffice@cityofkingston.ca

Photography notice 

This event is being photographed and/or video recorded. Please be advised that by entering this event site you are agreeing to being filmed and/or photographed, and the resulting assets may be used for City of Kingston marketing or promotional purposes. Should you wish not to be photographed or recorded on video, please notify one of the event photographers or videographers.

Weather

This event happens rain or shine. The event will only be cancelled if it becomes unsafe to be outside. Some activities may need to stop temporarily if it is raining but will start again when it is safe to do so.