August 1st Emancipation Day has a march on August 2nd in downtown Toronto
And there was a second Emancipation Day Event in Toronto By STEPHEN WEIR It may go down as Toronto’s smallest parade to dance and wave flags along University Ave. It looked as though the bicycle police assigned to clear a path around the streets of downtown Toronto for the Emancipation Parade outnumbered the people taking part. Don’t know what we are talking about? No doubt hardly anyone knew or took part in last Friday’s third annual Caribana Arts Group Emancipation Day Parade. It was a surprise afternoon notice sent to many on Thursday. August 1st, the official Emancipation Day in Toronto, announcing that the CAG was marking the day on August 2nd. The message read, "Tomorrow we’re chipping to the beat of the drum at Caribana’s 3rd Annual Emancipation March!!!" Parade-goers were told to meet at Bay and Albert Streets, across from Nathan Phillips Square, for a parade start time of 8:30 a.m. About a dozen supporters came out, along with drummers that filled the back of a