2023–2024 Canada LGBTQ Pride and Ski Week Calendar – LGBTQ Pride Festivals in Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, and more
Some of the world’s most popular LGBTQ Pride festivals take place in Canada, including what’s sometimes described as the largest, Toronto Pride (see my Toronto Gay Guide for tips and what to see and do in this vibrant city). But Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, Halifax, Ottawa, and Québec City also all hold big Pride events every year, as do dozens of smaller communities, such as Salt Spring Island in BC and Charlottestown on Prince Edward Island, where the vibe is a bit more laid-back than in the bigger cities.
Pictured above, the festive Gay Village in Montréal is at the heart of that city’s lively Pride festival each August, photo by Andrew Collins
Here’s a 2023 calendar of Canada Gay Pride festivals and Ski Weeks. The events below are listed in chronological order.
Whistler LGBTQ Pride/Whistler LGBTQ Ski Week – Jan. 21–28, 2024
Elevation Tremblant/Mont Tremblant LGBTQ Ski Week/Québec LGBTQ Ski Week – Usually late January–early February, but 2024 dates TBA
Guelph LGBTQ Winter Pride – Usually early February, but 2024 dates TBA
Ottawa LGBTQ Winter Pride – Usually early February, but 2024 dates TBA
Stratford LGBTQ Winter Pride/Perth County Winter Pride – Usually mid-February, but 2024 dates TBA
Vancouver LGBTQ Winter Pride – Usually mid-February, but 2024 dates TBA
Rainbow LGBTQ Ski Weekend (near Barrie, ON)/Blue Mountain Village LGBTQ Ski Week – Usually late March, but 2024 dates TBA
Peak Pride at Big White Ski Resort/Kelowna LGBTQ Ski Week – Usually late March-early April but 2024 dates TBA
Jasper LGBTQ Ski Festival/LGBTQ Pride – Early April 2023
Moose Jaw LGBTQ Pride – May 25-June 3, 2023
Winnipeg LGBTQ Pride – May 26-June 4, 2023
Elliott Lake LGBTQ Pride – May 27-June 3, 2023
Niagara LGBTQ Pride/Niagara Falls LGBTQ Pride/St. Catharines LGBTQ Pride – May 27-June 4, 2023
Prince Albert SK LGBTQ Pride – May 28-June 4, 2023
Canada LGBTQ Pride (in Prince Edward Island in 2024)/Fierté Canada Pride – Usually in June, but 2024 dates TBA
Pembroke ON LGBTQ Pride/Renfrew County LGBTQ Pride – June 2-4, 2023
Kelowna LGBTQ Pride/Okanagan LGBTQ Pride – June 2-11, 2023
Regina LGBTQ Pride/Queen City Pride – June 2-11, 2023
Barrie LGBTQ Pride – June 3, 2023
Prince George BC LGBTQ Pride – June 3, 2023
Timmins ON LGBTQ Pride – June 3-10, 2023
Brampton LGBTQ Pride/Peel LGBTQ Pride/Mississauga LGBTQ Pride – June 4, 2023
Stratford LGBTQ Pride/Perth County LGBTQ Pride – June 4, 2023
Brockville ON LGBTQ Pride – June 5-11, 2023
Cranbrook BC LGBTQ Pride – June 8-10, 2023
Guelph LGBTQ Pride – June 8-18, 2023
Saskatoon LGBTQ Pride – June 9-18, 2023
Bay of Quinte LGBTQ Pride (fka Bellevue ON Pride)/Prince Edward County LGBTQ Pride – June 10, 2023
Quesnel BC LGBTQ Pride – June 10, 2023
Tri-Pride Ontario/Cambridge–Kitchener–Waterloo LGBTQ Pride – June 10, 2023
Nanaimo BC LGBTQ Pride – June 11, 2023
Brandon Manitoba LGBTQ Pride – June 11-17, 2023
Kingston LGBTQ Pride – June 11-18, 2023
Kenora ON Gay Pride – Usually mid-June, but 2023 dates TBA
York Region LGBTQ Pride/Newmarket ON LGBTQ Pride/Markham LGBTQ Pride – June 16-17, 2023
Brantford ON LGBTQ Pride – June 17, 2023
Columbia Valley BC LGBTQ Pride/Invermere LGBTQ Pride – June 17, 2023
Oxford County ON Pride/Woodstock LGBTQ Pride – June 17, 2023
Thunder Bay LGBTQ Pride – June 17, 2023
Toronto LGBTQ Pride – June 23-25, 2023 (with additional related events taking place throughout the month of June)
Lethbridge LGBTQ Pride – June 24, 2023
Surrey LGBTQ Pride – June 24, 2023
Victoria BC LGBTQ Pride – June 29-July 9, 2023
Southwest Saskatchewan LGBTQ Pride/Swift Current LGBTQ Pride – July 3-8, 2023
Sudbury LGBTQ Pride – July 10-16, 2023
Le Rendez-vous de la fierté Acadie Love New Brunswick/Caraquet LGBTQ Pride – July 13-16, 2023
Collingwood ON LGBTQ Pride – July 14-16, 2023
Fredericton LGBTQ Pride – July 14-23, 2023
St. John’s LGBTQ Pride/Newfoundland LGBTQ Pride – July 15–24, 2023
Sault Ste. Marie LGBTQ Pride – July 16-23, 2023
Halifax LGBTQ Pride/Nova Scotia LGBTQ Pride – July 20-30, 2023
Prince Edward Island LGBTQ Pride/Charlottetown LGBTQ Pride/PEI Pride – July 21-30, 2023
Muskoka ON LGBTQ Pride – July 22–30, 2023
Yellowknife LGBTQ Pride/Northwest Territories LGBTQ Pride – July 24-30, 2023
Simcoe ON LGBTQ Pride – July 24-Aug. 6, 2023
Dawson City Yukon LGBTQ Pride – July 27-30, 2023
Salt Spring Island LGBTQ Pride – July 28-31, 2023
Fraser Valley Pride/Abbotsford LGBTQ Pride – July 29, 2023
Montréal LGBTQ Pride/Fierté Montréal – Aug. 3-13, 2023
Yukon LGBTQ Pride/Whitehorse LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 5-13, 2023
Vancouver BC LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 6, 2023
Central Alberta LGBTQ Pride/Red Deer LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 6-12, 2023
Saint John LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 8-13, 2023
Windsor Ontario LGBTQ Pride/Windsor-Essex Pride Festival – Aug. 8-13, 2023
Cape Breton LGBTQ Pride/Sydney Nova Scotia LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 5-11, 2023
New West LGBTQ Pride/New Westminster LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 10-19, 2023
Edmonton LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 18-26, 2023
Ottawa LGBTQ Pride/Capital Pride Canada – Aug. 19-27, 2023
Kamloops LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 21-27, 2023
Sherbrooke LGBTQ Pride/Fière la fête–Fierté Sherbrooke Pride – Usually late August, but 2023 dates TBA
Moncton LGBTQ Pride/River of Pride/Rivière de la Fierté – Aug. 25-Sept. 2, 2023
Calgary LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 26-Sept. 4, 2023
Hamilton LGBTQ Pride – Aug. 27, 2023
Québec City LGBTQ Pride/Fête Arc-en-Ciel de Québec – Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 2023
Kootenay LGBTQ Pride/Nelson LGBTQ Pride – Usually early September, but 2023 dates TBA
Pictou County Pride/Pictou NS LGBTQ Pride – Usually early September, but 2023 dates TBA
Fernie LGBTQ Pride/Elk Valley BC LGBTQ Pride – Usually late September, but 2023 dates TBA
Peterborough ON LGBTQ Pride – September 15-24, 2023
Banff Gay Pride – Oct. 6-15, 2023
For the dates of Pride Festivals in the United States, also check out the following calendars:
2023 Texas LGBTQ Pride Calendar
All photography at AndrewsTraveling.com is by Andrew Collins, unless otherwise noted.
