{"id":770955,"date":"2026-06-30T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770955\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:51:11","slug":"montreal-to-celebrate-canada-day-with-free-events-at-grand-quai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770955\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal to celebrate Canada Day with free events at Grand Quai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Montrealers and visitors will be able to celebrate Canada Day at the Grand Quai of the Port of Montreal on July 1 with a free day of family-friendly activities, live music and official ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say this year\u2019s event will be held under the theme \u201cIn Montreal, Canada comes together in motion,\u201d with activities designed to bring people together through movement, play and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>The festivities will include the arrival of participants in Le Canada en marche, a 21-gun salute by the Canadian Armed Forces, a flag-raising ceremony, the national anthem and a citizenship ceremony welcoming new Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>Family activities inspired by soccer, aerospace and hockey will begin at 2 p.m., while food trucks, picnic areas and Canada Day mini-cakes will also be available.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration will feature live performances throughout the day by Anyma Ora\u2019, King Melrose, William Cloutier and Antonin Prinz.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Montrealers and visitors will be able to celebrate Canada Day at the Grand Quai of the Port of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-770955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}