Canada Day events planned for Winnipeg and throughout the province Tuesday

Dave Baxter · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 26, 2025 5:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

As Canadians cogwheel up for the country's 158th day connected Tuesday, aggregate events and activities are planned successful Winnipeg and elsewhere successful the province for those who privation to get retired and observe Canada Day. 

The Forks 

The Forks successful Winnipeg is offering a afloat time of Canada Day activities connected Tuesday, opening astatine 9 a.m. and moving until 6 p.m., including a hoops tournament, skateboarding demonstrations and creation battles. 

The Forks volition not beryllium doing a fireworks amusement this twelvemonth for Canada Day, but activities volition besides include food trucks, unrecorded euphony and an Indigenous younker empowerment panel. 

Assiniboine Park

The Assiniboine Park Conservancy volition big a time of family-friendly Canada Day events and activities connected Tuesday, which volition see bouncy castles and look coating for kids connected Lyric Field, philharmonic performances astatine the Lyric Stage, and salsa and bachata sessions astatine The Leaf. 

The parkland volition besides big a citizenship ceremonial astatine 11:30 a.m., wherever 30 caller Canadians are expected to instrumentality their oath of citizenship and officially go Canadian citizens. 

Princess Auto Stadium

The location of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers volition big a Canada Day solemnisation Tuesday that volition see a tailgating country from noon to 5 p.m., with hoop dancers, Mariachi euphony and look painting. 

The tailgate volition beryllium followed by philharmonic performances connected a mainstage by Big Wreck and Jade Turner, and the nighttime volition reason with a fireworks amusement expected to commencement astatine 10:30 p.m.

Assiniboia Downs

The contention way connected the occidental borderline of Winnipeg volition big its ain Canada Day solemnisation connected Tuesday evening. Live racing volition commencement astatine 7:30 p.m., followed by what the Downs is calling a "spectacular" fireworks display. 

After the fireworks wrapper up, guests are invited to enactment for an evening of "music and celebration."

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights successful Winnipeg volition beryllium unfastened and connection escaped admittance connected Tuesday to people Canada Day. 

The depository says each are invited to research its galleries and larn stories astir quality rights and however they person evolved successful Canada.

City of Selkirk

The metropolis northbound of Winnipeg volition big its yearly Canada Day solemnisation connected Tuesday astatine the Selkirk Waterfront from 4 p.m. until midnight. Planned activities see unrecorded entertainment, a market, nutrient vendors and what the metropolis is calling "the champion fireworks show successful the Interlake."

The metropolis did caution, however, that the fireworks could beryllium cancelled depending connected however prone the country is to occurrence successful the coming days. A last telephone volition beryllium made with proposal from the occurrence section earlier Canada Day.

City of Brandon

The occidental Manitoba metropolis volition big its Canada Day solemnisation connected Tuesday astatine the Riverbank Discovery Centre from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m.

The lawsuit volition see unrecorded philharmonic performances, a kids' zone, with a sandpit and bouncy castles, and a market. 

The solemnisation successful Brandon volition reason with a fireworks amusement expected to statesman astatine 11 p.m.