Santa Claus parade 2026 dates in Canada by city

Santa Claus parades in Canada begin with Winnipeg on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, followed by Ottawa and Halifax on Nov. 21, Toronto on Sunday, Nov. 22 and Greater Moncton on Nov. 28. Montreal’s parade is listed for Nov. 21, but its organizer had not confirmed the date as of Oct. 24.

Updated Oct. 24, 2026. Dates, start times and routes below come from each parade’s own website or a city page. Anything an organizer has not published is marked as such.

Key facts

City	Date	Start time	Route and status
Winnipeg	Saturday, Nov. 14	5 p.m.	Downtown; Main Street and Portage Avenue closures listed
Ottawa	Saturday, Nov. 21	11 a.m.	Queen Elizabeth Driveway at Somerset Street West to Lansdowne Park
Halifax	Saturday, Nov. 21	6 p.m.	Cogswell Street roundabout to George Street
Montreal	Saturday, Nov. 21 (not confirmed by organizer)	Not published	Boulevard René-Lévesque, per event listings
Toronto	Sunday, Nov. 22	12:30 p.m. in event listings; not on organizer’s page	Route map marked “coming soon”
Greater Moncton	Saturday, Nov. 28	5 p.m.	Cameron and Main streets, Moncton, to Champlain and Paul streets, Dieppe

When is the Toronto Santa Claus Parade in 2026?

The Santa Claus Parade in Toronto is on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2026. The parade’s official website calls it the 122nd parade and says it is back on Citytv and streaming on Citytv+.

The organizer’s page did not list a start time or road closures on Oct. 24, and its 2026 route map was marked “coming soon.” Event listings give a 12:30 p.m. start and a route that begins at Christie Pits and runs east on Bloor Street to Front and Jarvis streets. Treat that as unconfirmed until the organizer posts its own map.

When is the Winnipeg Santa parade in 2026?

The MB Hydro Santa Parade is on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2026, with 5 p.m. shown on the organizer’s page. It is the earliest of the big-city parades.

The organizer lists three closure stages. Southbound Main Street between Portage Avenue and York Avenue closes from 11 a.m. From 2 p.m., Portage Avenue between Main Street and Memorial Avenue closes, along with parts of Memorial Avenue and southbound Route 62. Northbound Main Street, Broadway and St. Mary Avenue between Vaughan and Fort streets stay open all day. The organizer also warns that it runs no vendor program and that emails asking for vendor fees are fraudulent.

When is the Ottawa Santa parade in 2026?

Ottawa’s Help Santa Toy Parade is on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, at 11 a.m., according to the parade’s website. It starts on Queen Elizabeth Driveway at Somerset Street West, travels south on the Driveway and finishes at Lansdowne Park and TD Place. The page showed a route map but no written list of road closures.

When is the Halifax Parade of Lights in 2026?

The Halifax Parade of Lights is on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, at 6 p.m., and the organizer calls it the 31st annual parade. Per its route page, it starts at the Cogswell Street roundabout, heads south on Ahern Avenue, then Bell Road and South Park Street, turns east on Spring Garden Road, turns onto Barrington Street and ends at George Street. The route page gave no road-closure list. Questions go to [email protected].

When is the Montreal Santa Claus parade in 2026?

Event listings put the Montreal parade on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026, along Boulevard René-Lévesque downtown. The organizer, Destination centre-ville, still showed its 2025 parade on its page on Oct. 24, so the 2026 date, start time and closures are not confirmed. Contact details on the listing are 514-398-9438 and [email protected].

When is the Moncton Santa Claus parade in 2026?

The Royale Greater Moncton Santa Claus Parade is on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2026, at 5 p.m. It starts at Cameron and Main streets in Moncton and ends at Champlain and Paul streets in Dieppe, and the organizer said spectators must be between those two points to see Santa. Its route page lists closures that begin at 1 p.m. and end at about 7 p.m.

What about Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina and Saskatoon?

We found no 2026 date on an organizer or city page for Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon or St. John’s as of Oct. 24, and searches returned mostly earlier years. Regina and Saskatoon held their Santa Claus parades on Sunday, Nov. 17 in 2024, according to CKOM, but that is not a 2026 date. Check each city’s event page or the organizer’s social media before planning. This page will be updated as dates are published.

How early do roads close for a Santa Claus parade?

Closures start hours before the first float, which matters for anyone driving downtown. The two organizers that published closure times show a pattern.

Parade	Start	First closure	Lead time	Second closure	Lead time
Winnipeg, Nov. 14	5 p.m.	11 a.m. (Main Street, southbound)	Six hours	2 p.m. (Portage Avenue, Memorial Avenue)	Three hours
Moncton, Nov. 28	5 p.m.	1 p.m. (Vaughan Harvey Boulevard)	Four hours	3 p.m. (Main Street)	Two hours

Moncton adds a third stage at 4 p.m., one hour before the parade, when Main Street closes from Cameron Street to Paul Street in Dieppe and Downing Street closes from Main Street to Assomption Boulevard. A driver planning to park downtown for Winnipeg’s 5 p.m. parade would need to be in place before 11 a.m. to avoid the first closure, or park outside the closure zone. Toronto, Ottawa, Halifax and Montreal had published no closure times as of Oct. 24.