Residents of Tillsonburg can kick off Canada Day with a full plate and a good cause. The Station Arts Centre is hosting its decades-old annual Canada Day Pancake Breakfast on July 1, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 41 Bridge Street West. For under $10, guests get a pancake breakfast with coffee, tea, or juice, a chance to enter a raffle, and a free slice of cake when the ceremonial cake cutting happens at 10 a.m.
All proceeds go directly back into the non-profit Station Arts Centre, which runs on grants, donations, and money raised at events like this one. The centre receives no municipal funding from the Town of Tillsonburg, so the breakfast is a key way it pays for youth programs, summer camps, and other community arts initiatives. In May 2026, the Tillsonburg Lions Club gave $1,500 to sponsor a week of summer camp at the centre, and a community pantry supported by the Rotary Club of Tillsonburg was announced in March 2026 with an opening targeted for this summer.
This year’s breakfast is made possible by sponsors Zehrs Tillsonburg, Nectar Bistro and Bar, and Tim Hortons franchise owners Mike and Christina Gazley. The Station Arts Centre itself is a charity registered as the Tillsonburg District Craft Guild, operating since 1982 out of two restored 19th-century train stations.
The Canada Day breakfast is a fixture in a town that has been growing fast. According to the 2021 Census, Tillsonburg was the third fastest-growing census agglomeration in Canada, with its population jumping 17.3 percent between 2016 and 2021. Community-led events like this one, organizers say, help keep that growth grounded in local connection.
The Station Arts Centre is located at 41 Bridge Street West in Tillsonburg. Breakfast runs from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on July 1, with cake cutting at 10 a.m.
