The Rural Municipality of Gimli opened registration on June 3, 2026 for its annual Canada Day Parade, giving residents and businesses the chance to be part of the July 1 celebration. Along with sign-up details, the municipality shared a route map so anyone driving through the Interlake community that morning can plan ahead and avoid delays.
The parade starts at 11:00am, with marshalling beginning at 10:30am on 6th Avenue south of Center Street. Floats, cars, trucks, and other vehicles will line up there before heading down Center Street to 1st Avenue, then onto Betel Street and finishing on Goldfield Street.
Allan Sulyma, the tourism coordinator for the RM of Gimli, is the person to contact for anyone wanting to enter a float or group entry. He can be reached at 204-642-6655 or by email at [email protected]. The Gimli Canada Day Parade registration document outlines the rules for participants, including a ban on tossing items from floats and on entries with political or offensive content.
This year’s parade is just one part of a full day of Canada Day events in the lakeside town, located about 55 minutes north of Winnipeg on Lake Winnipeg. Festivities start with a Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast at the Gimli Park pavilion from 9:00am to 11:00am, followed by live entertainment at the Harbour Stage. The night wraps up with fireworks at 11:00pm off the breakwater, weather and fire bans permitting.
