Get ready to celebrate Canada Day in style! Our Edmonton Canada Day Event Guide is your go-to resource for all the festivities happening across the city. Whether you’re looking for family-friendly activities, spectacular fireworks displays, live music, or cultural celebrations, we’ve rounded up the best events to help you make the most of July 1st. Discover where to find the fun, the food, and the unforgettable moments that make Canada Day in Edmonton truly special.
🎇 Indicates Events with Fireworks
🆓 Indicates Events with FREE admission
🇨🇦 Canada Day at Alberta Legislature
🆓🎇 Take part in Alberta’s largest Canada Day Celebration! Experience live music, cultural performances, fun activities, and take a tour of the historic Alberta Legislature building. End the day with a spectacular fireworks show.
🇨🇦 Canada Day at Fort Edmonton Park
Explore Canada’s rich cultural diversity through interactive exhibits and family-friendly activities. Enjoy a full lineup of unique programming, including heritage demonstrations, a classic baseball game, hands-on Bannock making, and a hilarious pie-eating contest!
🇨🇦 Muttart Conservatory’s Canada Day in the Hundred Acre Wood
Check out the NEW Hundred Acre Wood feature pyramid and enjoy bee-themed crafts, a character scavenger hunt, face painting, interactive nature activities, and more!
🇨🇦 Canada Day Races at Century Mile
🆓 Experience the thrill of live horse racing, indulge in delicious food and drinks, and soak up the festive atmosphere with your family. Best of all, enjoy free admission and parking.
🇨🇦 Galaxy Fest 2026
TELUS World of Science – Edmonton is hosting its annual Galaxy Fest—a fun-filled Canada Day celebration, also marking its 42nd anniversary! Enjoy an outdoor rocket launch (weather permitting), space-themed activities, hands-on experiments, liquid nitrogen ice cream, bubble art, and so much more!
🇨🇦 Strawberry Picnic Canada Day Market
Meet local makers and enjoy plenty of free, family-friendly fun with a slime bar, crafts, face painting, food, and more. The first two hours are sensory-friendly, with a quieter setting for families and children who like a calm start. The first 15 guests will receive free tote bags!
🇨🇦 Edmonton Garrison Canada Day Celebration
🆓🎇 Be at the Edmonton Garrison Fitness Centre at CFB Edmonton for a day of fun to celebrate Canada’s Birthday! Enjoy inflatables, a petting zoo, games, face painting, balloon artists, hay rides, delicious food, fireworks, and more!
🇨🇦 Glastonbury Community League Canada Day Celebration
🆓🎇 Celebrate Canada Day with festivities in Glastonbury Park, including a Made-In-Canada Pop-Up Market, live music, kids’ activities, and more, followed by a dazzling fireworks display.
🇨🇦 Crestwood Community League Canada Day Pancake Breakfast
🆓 Enjoy a free pancake breakfast, plus a bouncy castle, face painting and prize giveaways!
🇨🇦 Celebrate Canada Day with Edmonton Riverboat
🎇 Book your tickets to the Fireworks Dinner Buffet to enjoy a late-night meal, live DJ, party favours, and a cruise with a spectacular view of the City of Edmonton fireworks overhead.
🇨🇦 Edmonton Riverhawks “Happy B-Day Canada!” Game
🎇 Enjoy a baseball game and a spectacular view of the City of Edmonton Fireworks show!
🇨🇦 Castle Downs Recreation Society Canada Day Party in the Park
🆓 Bring the whole family for a fun afternoon of kids’ activities, face painting, crafts, live entertainment, inflatables, and games!
🇨🇦 Dominion Day at Rutherford House
Come discover how Canadians celebrated a hundred years ago, and enjoy a delicious summer treat along with some refreshing “shrub”. Regular admission rates apply.
🇨🇦 Mill Woods Canada Day Celebration
🆓🎇 Enjoy bouncy castles, carnival games, train rides, live music, multicultural performances, vendor market, and more, plus a fireworks display at 11 pm.
🇨🇦 Canada Day in St. Albert
🆓🎇 St. Albert’s Canada Day Celebration features family activities, live entertainment, an inclusive hour, outdoor movies, and fireworks!
🇨🇦 Fort Saskatchewan Canada Day Celebration
🆓🎇 Enjoy the morning parade and stick around for a full day of fun, ending with fireworks at night.
🇨🇦 Canada Day at the University of Alberta Botanic Gardens
Enjoy family-friendly activities like guided forest therapy walks, baby miniature cows, and a University of Alberta Summer Band performance, all set within the Garden’s stunning landscapes. Regular admission applies; some activities may have additional fees.
🇨🇦 Strathcona County Canada Day (Sherwood Park)
🆓🎇 Start the day off right with the RE/MAX Elite Pancake Breakfast, then enjoy some of the fun activities in the park, including themed play zones, dancing, music, circus workshops, bouncy castles, wagon rides and more. At 11 pm, celebrations will wrap up with a spectacular fireworks display in the park! Mix of free and ticketed events.
🇨🇦 Canada Day in Leduc
🆓🎇 Pancakes, a car show, a petting zoo, bouncy castles, and of course a phenomenal fireworks show are all great reasons to spend Canada Day in Leduc! The fun kicks off at 8:30 am and doesn’t stop until after 11 pm including a FREE outdoor concert featuring Classified!
🇨🇦 Canada Day in Beaumont
🆓🎇 Our nation’s birthday will be a celebration of cultural diversity, featuring a wide variety of live performances, food trucks, and fun family activities like inflatables, train rides, crafts, yard games, cake, and more! The festivities will wrap up with a dazzling fireworks display at 11 pm.
🇨🇦 City of Spruce Grove Canada Day Celebration
🆓🎇 Join the City of Spruce Grove for an unforgettable Canada Day Celebration! Start your day with a pancake breakfast, enjoy live entertainment, family activities, a market, leading up to a spectacular fireworks show at 11 pm.
🇨🇦 Canada Day Celebrations in Stony Plain
🆓 Celebrate Canada Day with an assortment of fun family activities in Stony Plain on July 1! Visitors can look forward to carnival games, cultural performances, a car show on Main Street, and more!
🇨🇦 Canada Day Celebration in Devon
🆓 This free event in Centennial Park will feature live music, roaming performances by Circus Surreal, a community hot dog BBQ, Devon Fire Rescue tours, soccer skills games, a jumpy castle, antique fire truck rides, kids’ activities, food trucks, and more!
🇨🇦 Vegreville Canada Day Party in the Park & Colour Run
🆓🎇 Spend the evening in Pysanka Park enjoying bouncy castles, mini golf, face painting, BINGO, food trucks, live entertainment and fireworks. Register in advance to participate in the free 3 km colour run!
Where to Watch the River Valley Fireworks?
Head downtown to the River Valley for the best view of the Canada Day Fireworks! See our recommended viewing locations here.
