Alberta is Ready to Celebrate the True North Strong and Free!

Press Release

EDMONTON, June 9, 2017

The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities and Member of Parliament (Edmonton Mill Woods), and Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), today announced support for the City of Edmonton’s Canada Day 2017 celebrations, presented in partnership with the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and the Edmonton Celebrate Canada Society as well as funding for celebrations and projects across the province. They made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Minister Sohi and Mr. Boissonnault were joined by Heather Sweet, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton–Manning, and His Worship Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton, to make this announcement and officially unveil a 3D Canada 150 sign in Sir Winston Churchill Square.

The City of Edmonton and the Legislative Assembly of Alberta will offer Canada Day programming to mark this important milestone in our nation’s history. Festivities will take place throughout the day and will include music, dance and art exhibitions that focus on Canada and Alberta’s diversity, culture and history. Everyone can enjoy free, family-friendly entertainment hosted at both City Hall and on the grounds of the Legislature, with a fireworks show in the North Saskatchewan River Valley to conclude the day’s celebrations. The Government of Canada is pleased to invest $700,000 in the City of Edmonton’s exciting array of activities on July 1.

Thanks to funding provided by the Government of Canada, major celebrations will be taking place in Edmonton and 18 other urban centres across the country to celebrate Canada Day like never before.

Minister Sohi and Mr. Boissonnault also announced $937,576 in funding through the Celebrate Canada program and the Canada 150 Fund for celebrations across central and northern Alberta.

The Government of Canada has also invested in more than 1,500 Canada-wide projects and activities for National Aboriginal Day, Saint-Jean-Baptiste: Fête nationale du Québec et de la Francophonie canadienne, Canadian Multiculturalism Day and Canada Day, placing communities at the heart of Canada 150 celebrations.

These four special days of celebration are an opportunity to highlight what makes communities all across the country unique, diverse and vibrant. The Canada 150 Fund was established by the Government of Canada to allow Canadians across the country to take part in local, regional and Canada-wide celebrations and activities.

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