{"id":3726,"date":"2016-06-15T19:11:57","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T23:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2016-06-16T09:48:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T13:48:57","slug":"where-to-celebrate-canadas-day-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/2016\/06\/15\/where-to-celebrate-canadas-day-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Celebrate Canada Day in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fireworks12.jpg\" alt=\"fireworks12\" width=\"940\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fireworks12.jpg 940w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fireworks12-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/fireworks12-768x344.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>`wp_posts`s nearly time to find all your red and white clothes, bring out the face paint and make your best attempt at drawing a maple leaf. `wp_posts`s almost `wp_posts`s 149th birthday, so how are you going to celebrate? There are plenty of events and activities going on in Toronto, and `wp_posts`ll be hard to choose which ones to attend! `wp_posts`ve gathered our top 5 options for you to choose from:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harbourfrontcentre.com\/canadaday\/2015\/events\/index.cfm?id=7198&amp;festival_id=206\"><b>Harbourfront Centre<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who says we need to wait until Canada Day to start celebrating? Kick off the celebration with fireworks at the Harbourfront Centre on June 31st<\/span><b>. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fireworks will take place over Lake Ontario, providing an exhilarating experience as you watch the show!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toronto.bluejays.mlb.com\/schedule\/promotions.jsp?c_id=tor\"><b>Blue Jays<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How about starting your afternoon by hanging out with Jose Bautista? Join hundreds of fans cheering the Blue Jays on at the Rogers Centre. Located in the heart of Toronto, `wp_posts`s no better way to celebrate than with a bunch of people all cheering on their favourite Canadian team. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www1.toronto.ca\/wps\/portal\/contentonly?vgnextoid=ce1b7cc3b5e91410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD\">Mel Lastman Square<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to feel like a kid again?!  Why not get your face painted? The City of Toronto will be hosting their annual festivities at Mel Lastman Square. Accompanying the face painting will be a circus act, where you can watch performers juggle fire and balance on hanging hula hoops with ease. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetorontobeaches.com\/properties\/events\/event\/372-fireworks-at-ashbridges-bay-park-victoria-day.html\"><b>Ashbridges Bay<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After all the events you attend during the day, drive down to Ashbridges Bay to end your day with a fireworks show. `wp_posts`s nothing more traditional than watching a fireworks show with your friends and family! End your sunny day at the Ashbridges Bay, known for its fantastic firework show starting after 9:30PM.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadaswonderland.com\/rides\/Live-Shows\/Fireworks\"><b>`wp_posts`s Wonderland<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want a more adrenaline-filled day? How about riding rollercoasters, filling up on beavertails and whip cream, and lining up for every ride in sight at `wp_posts`s Wonderland? After a long day of ride hopping, grab a good spot to watch their fireworks show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Header Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadaswonderland.com\/rides\/Live-Shows\/Fireworks\">Canada&#8217;s Wonderland Website <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>`wp_posts`s nearly time to find all your red and white clothes, bring out the face paint and make your best attempt at drawing a maple leaf. `wp_posts`s almost `wp_posts`s 149th birthday, so how are you going to celebrate? There are plenty of events and activities going on in Toronto, and `wp_posts`ll be hard to choose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[38,199],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3726"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3731,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3726\/revisions\/3731"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.context.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}