Saskatoon 
Events Description
Celebrate your citizenship at Optimist Canada Day. Buffet breakfast, official ceremonies with Celebration cake. Kids activities include Amusement Rides, Face Painting, Tattoos, Canadian Forces Display, Wyatt Race Vehicles Display. Entertainment with displays, food vendors, marketplace, beverage gardens, pins, flags, and fireworks!
Who is it for?
All ages – Family
Free Event, Buffet Breakfast: $9.00
WHEN & WHERE
Date & Time:
Monday, July 1, 2019 | 8:00 AM – 11:00 PM
Buffet breakfast ($) | 8:00 – 11:00 AM
Official Ceremonies | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Saskatchewan Intercultural Association Entertainment | 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Pavlychenko Folklorique Ensemble | 2:00 – 2:30 PM
Michele Dubois | 3:15 – 4:15 PM
Chris Henderson | 4:45 PM – 5:45 PM
Transcontinental Blues Band | 6:15 PM – 7:00 PM
Tucker Lane | 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Stuck In The 80’s | 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Fireworks Presented by Nutrien | Dusk ~ 10:40 PM
Venue & Address :
Diefenbaker Park, Saskatoon
This year, events take place at the Disc Golf Area
Paid Parking is available at Prairieland Park at $10/vehicle.
Seiuwest is sponsoring a free Bike Valet (secure bike parking) on the grounds. Ride your bike to and from, and don’t worry about traffic!
Ride the Bus to the park, and after the fireworks. The Buses will operate on their Canada Day Holiday Schedule.
Route 1 and Route 19 will be running in the vicinity of Diefenbaker Park via regular Sunday/Holiday service until 9 p.m. Normal fares apply.
Starting at 10:15 pm, you can also catch a free ride home with Saskatoon Transit.
Four special routes will leave Diefenbaker Park from a temporary bus stop on St. Henry Ave facing north between Exhibition Grounds Rd and Ruth Street.
Buses will follow a designated route, however, drivers will also stop on request at bus stops or locations where it’s safe to stop.
The four special service routes include:
Bus #1 – will travel to the Downtown Terminal, then continue on 2nd Avenue and Warman Road and will end at the Lawson Heights Mall Terminal.
Bus #2 – will travel to the Downtown Terminal, then continue on 22nd Street and will end at the Confederation Mall Terminal.
Bus #3 – will travel via Ruth Street to the Market Mall Terminal, then continue on Taylor Street and Acadia Drive and will end at the Centre Mall Terminal.
Bus #4 – will travel via 8th Street to the Centre Mall Terminal, then continue on to Central Avenue and 115th Street and will end at the bus stop at Berini Drive and 115th Street.
