Pride Toronto

Pride Toronto is an annual event held in June in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the largest organized gay pride festivals in the world, with several stages with live performers and DJs, several licensed venues, a large Dyke March, a Trans March, and the Pride Parade. It is a celebration of the diversity of the LGBT community in the Greater Toronto Area. The city's Church and Wellesley village are at the heart of the event, while the procession and marches usually follow Yonge Street, Gerrard Street, and Bloor Street. The event was substantially larger than regular Toronto Prides in 2014, serving as the fourth worldwide WorldPride. Certainly, it is one of the most famous festivals in Canada.

Pride Toronto, a non-profit group, is organizing the event. A expanding staff of fourteen people supports the work of 22 festival teams, each of which is in charge of a different part of the event. Previously, each team was led by two or three volunteer team leads; in 2019, it was decided to reduce this to one lead per team in favor of a staff-centered strategy. Twelve volunteers on the board of directors will be in charge of the organization's long-term vision and strategic oversight, as well as the festival itself. The board currently has six members as of March 2020.

For the majority of its existence, Pride was a seven- to ten-day event held during the last week of June, with the parade taking place on either the last weekend in June or the first weekend in July, depending on the circumstances of the year. Since 2016, June has been designated as Pride Month, with a calendar of events running throughout the month leading up to the parade.

Olivia Nuamah was the organization's most recent executive director, serving from 2017 until 2020. Mathieu Chantelois, who directed the organization from 2015 to 2016, was succeeded by her in February 2017.

Dates: 24-25-26 June