The Toronto Traveler

When: Tomorrow @ 12 PM

The Santa Claus Parade is one of the annual institutions within the City of Toronto.  With all of the different events that go on within Toronto every year it is perhaps surprising that any event can be thought of as an institution, but if one exists then it is definitely this parade.  I used to go to it all the time as a kid and since the first parade was held in 1905, I’m sure many generations before me have done the exact same thing.

The parade itself starts at Bloor and Christie at 12 PM, traveling east on Bloor Street until it gets to Avenue, at which point it makes a right turn and starts traveling south.  It travels south as Avenue becomes Queen’s Park and then University until reaching Queen Street, where a left turn is made and the parade is once again traveling east.  It travels east to Yonge Street, making a right turn to travel south on Yonge to Front Street at which point it takes a final left turn and travels all the way to the termination point at the intersection of Front and Church Streets.

A map of the parade is available from the website of the event showing both the route of the parade as well as the 10 different TTC stations that the route touches.  There is no cost to view the Santa Claus Parade and you can go to any point along the route to watch.  If you have kids, then this is a wonderful event to take them to because they get to see a bunch of extremely artistic floats as well as jolly ol’ Saint Nick himself bringing up the rear of the parade!  You might want to get their early if you have kids though, because the spectating areas tend to fill up pretty quickly and unless you get a front row seat you might end up with them sitting on your shoulders for the duration of the hours long parade .

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