Canada Pride Montréal 2017

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Montréal Pride will organize the first edition of Canada Pride from August 11 to 20, 2017, as a nation-wide celebration of Canada’s LGBT movement, reaffirming the position of Montréal and of Canada as leaders in LGBT rights. Montréal Pride, the largest Pride festival in the Francophone world, will host the festive and inspiring ten-day event to welcome Canada and the world to Montréal as it marks the 375th anniversary of the city’s founding and the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation.

Unlike Montréal Pride’s annual festival, which is held over seven days, theCanada Pride Montréal 2017 program of events in 2017 will span ten days, including two full weekends of activities, similar to WorldPride and EuroPride. The program will include two days of sports activities during the first weekend of celebrations and a major national conference on LGBT rights.

An initiative of Montréal Pride, Canada Pride will be held in a different Canadian city every four years. The project presented by Montréal Pride received unanimous support from Canadian Pride representatives from across the country at Fierté Canada Pride’s annual general meeting, which was held in Saskatoon in February 2015.