Canada Day
Thank You for Celebrating Oshawa's 100+ and Canada Day together!
Wow, what a celebration!
Thank you to everyone who attended the City of Oshawa's Canada Day celebration, presented by Hinchey Homes at Lakeview Park on Monday, July 1st.
This free event offered a wide range of live musical entertainment, food vendors, activities, displays, and family-friendly entertainment and performers for all attendees to enjoy. The event provided an opportunity for Oshawa and surrounding communities to come together and celebrate our country's birthday. The day featured live music, a midway, free family-friendly entertainment, community displays, vendors, and closed the night with spectacular fireworks display presented by Tribute Communities.
Mark your calendar to join us for our next Canada Day celebration on Tuesday, July 1 from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Lakeview Park, 55 Lakeview Park Avenue.
We hope to see you there.
Main Stage Entertainment, included:
2 p.m. Bard from the Club
3 p.m. Lazo and Exodus
4 p.m. Opening Ceremonies
5 p.m. The Philcos
6 p.m. Bree Taylor
7 p.m. Matthew Holtby
8 p.m. Harley Olivia
9 p.m. Runaway Angel
Activity Zone: Interactive Displays Included
Community Displayers, Midway, Autism Home Base, Oshawa Museum, Oshawa Fire Services, Oshawa Tourism, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery and Animatronic Dinosaurs.
Jim Lutton Baseball Diamond #1 - Live Art Demonstration
Patrons were able to watch artist Tracy Davidson as she created a mural and original work of art during the Canada Day celebration. It was watching an artist craft her masterpiece right before your eyes!
Family Stage Entertainment included:
2 p.m. Owen Anderson – Magic Show
3 p.m. Reptilia – Animal Talk
4 p.m. Owen Anderson – Magic Show
5 p.m. Zoe’s Bubble Show
6 p.m. Reptillia – Animal Talk
7 p.m. Zoe’s Bubble Show
In honour of the City of Oshawa’s 100th+ anniversary, new enhancements to the Canada Day festivities include an extended Family Zone from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. That was six full hours of fun for the whole family!
Free Family Entertainment throughout Lakeview Park, included:
- Busker Entertainment
- Club Carib of Oshawa Steel Pan drums (Beach location)
- Creative Lego Club - interactive oversize Lego building
- Henna Yasir - Henna Art
- Interactive Hula Hooping
- LivingRoom Art Bus, interactive art activity
- Main Event Fun Games and Inflatables
- Pro Wrestling Eclipse (Beach location)
- Sandqube, sand sculptures (Beach location)
- Spot On Dog Show
- Vital! Contemporary Circus
- Xtreme Balloons
In celebration of the City of Oshawa's 100th+ anniversary, event patrons enjoyed an extended fireworks display presented by Tribute Communities, which brought a spectacular celebration of light to close the full day of celebrations. The fireworks began at 10 p.m.
Everything from hot dogs and hamburgers to Jamaican Jerk, poutine, soups, pizza, and everything in between. The day's celebration included a diverse selection of incredible offerings from savoury to sweet from a variety of food trucks, tables, and trailers.
Fireworks: Oshawa’s spectacular fireworks at dusk were presented by Tribute Communities.
Road Closures: All streets were closed to traffic within the Lakeview Park area, including all streets east of Ritson Road South and south of Harbour Road. If you live on these streets, you would have been required to show proof of address to gain access to your neighbourhood. On July 1st Harbour Road operated as a one-way road going eastbound for the duration of the day. Vehicles will were not permitted to travel westbound on Harbour Road.
Banking Machines: ATMs were on-site at Lakeview Park until 9 p.m.
No Cooking/BBQ’s: Personal cooking devices including barbecues (propane and charcoal) are prohibited in Lakeview Park.
Pets: Thank you for keeping your pets at home. Service animals were welcome.
Accessibility: There was limited accessible parking available at Lakeview Park. A valid accessible parking permit was to be shown prior to gaining entry into the park.
Parking: Public parking at Lakeview Park was not available unless the vehicle had a valid accessible parking permit issued by the Ministry of Transportation. For safety reasons, Lakeview Park parking lots were closed from 9:30 p.m. to 12:01 a.m. Access out of these lots will was not permitted until Durham Regional Police Service deem it safe to do so.
It was free, green and environmentally clean.
A free shuttle bus service was provided to Lakeview Park from the Oshawa Centre parking lot near the main bus drop off.
Service began at 1 p.m. and ran every 10 minutes until 9:15 p.m. After the fireworks return shuttle bus service back to the Oshawa Centre resumed. Extended bus service, along selected Oshawa routes leaving the Oshawa Centre, was available upon arrival of all shuttles from Lakeview Park. Transferring to other routes from the Oshawa Centre was available for the normal DRT fare.
Accessible shuttle buses: Were available from the Oshawa Centre parking lot.
For complete DRT bus schedules visit www.durhamregiontransit.com.
A quick glance at this year's Canada Day road closures and where patrons parked in celebration of Canada Day July 1, at Lakeview Park.
Road closures were in effect from 7 a.m. to 12 a.m., Monday, July 1.
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Firework discharging information for Oshawa residents:
Fireworks Safety Reminder:
- Appoint a responsible person to be in charge. Only adults aware of the hazards and essential safety precautions should handle and discharge fireworks.
- Carefully read and follow the label directions on fireworks packaging.
- Always keep a water hose or pail of water close by when discharging fireworks.
- Discharge fireworks well away from combustible materials like buildings, trees and dry grass.
- Keep onlookers a safe distance away, upwind from the area where fireworks are lit.
- Light only one firework at a time. They must be located on the ground. Never try to light a firework in your hand or re-light dud fireworks. For dud fireworks, it is best to wait 30 minutes and soak them in a bucket of water. Dispose of them in a metal container.
- Discharge fireworks only if wind conditions do not create a safety hazard.
- Keep sparklers away from children. Sparklers burn extremely hot and can ignite clothing, causing blindness and severe burns. The sparkler wire remains hot for some minutes after burnout, it should be immediately soaked in water to avoid injury.
- Run cool water over a burn for three to five minutes and, if necessary seek medical attention.