Every community in Canada is celebrating Canada Day in its own unique way. In my community here is what we are doing. I hope you get a chance to join in the celebrations in your community.
Canada Day Activities
Lions Park 8 to 11 a.m.
– Lions Club Pancake Breakfast
– Fishing Derby, sponsored by Meridian RV. Free for kids under 10!
Castle Park 3pm to dusk
– Food vendors and beverage garden
– Live entertainment, including headliner Barney Bentall and son Dustin Bentall from 9:15-10:15pm
– Spray park on site
– Bring a blanket to enjoy the music acts leading up to the fireworks
– Dusk: Grande finale pyro-musical
– Water bottle station on site
We encourage you to explore our city's parks and outdoor spaces. Visit local businesses and the Farmers Market vendors for special promotions, including supplies and take-out picnics that can be enjoyed in the park.
2022 Live Entertainment
Barney Bentall & Dustin Bentall
JUNO award-winner artist Barney Bentall, pop/rock singer-songwriter who is most well-known for his 1990s-era band, Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts, will take the stage alongside his son Dustin Bentall – a rustic troubadour, counter-culture cowboy, and a purveyor in the finest of cosmic Canadiana.Performance time: 9:15 – 10:15PM
Rumba Calzada
Rumba Calzada sets a standard for authentic Latin Jazz and Salsa music. Originally formed in 1991 by Boying Geronimo and now headed by his son, Raphael Geronimo, the band has recorded four albums with an array of nominations, including a Juno Award (2002 World Music Album of the Year), Westcoast Music Awards (2002 Outstanding World Recording of the Year) and Canadian Independent Music Awards (2002 Best Global Album). Performance time: TBA
There will be food and drink along with vendors and displays
Indigenous Educational Resources
This Canada Day, we encourage local residents and families to learn and reflect on the history of Indigenous people in Canada. There is much work to do to address and repair the intergenerational trauma caused by the treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canada, including but not limited to, the residential school system. Educating yourself is one way we can all build toward reconciliation.
Learn about and view resources from the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, a place of learning and dialogue about residential schools.
Read about the first stage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada about residential schools that concluded in 2015.
Read about the history of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem First Nation) in this area.
Click here for a variety of resources and information on National Indigenous History Month each June, which recognizes the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada.
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