Lindsay Pride 2026 / Kawartha Lakes Pride 2026

Lindsay, with about 22,400 residents, is the largest community in the City of Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, and the main venue for Kawartha Lakes Pride. The group has been running for more than ten years. Each July it puts on a Pride Week with events in Lindsay and Fenelon Falls; Bobcaygeon has hosted events in earlier years. Its motto is “Radical, unapologetic acceptance.”

The week opens with a flag raising in Lindsay, held at City Hall in some years and at the local police station in others. The main event is Pride in the Park at Victoria Park on Kent Street, next to the farmers’ market. This family day has live music, drag story time, information booths and a clothing swap, and organizers say it usually draws more than 1,500 people. The Kawartha Lakes Public Library sets up a children’s tent and a table of queer books.

Smaller events fill the rest of the week. Recent programmes have included Drag Queen Story Time at a coffee bar, queer trivia, Pooch Pride for dogs and their owners, body-positive yoga, a guided bird walk and Pride services at Cambridge Street United Church. An adults-only drag show with a DJ closes the week. There is no big-city parade. Sponsors include the Lindsay and District Chamber of Commerce and the non-profit Ampere.

In June the municipality raises the rainbow flag for Pride Month, and the Lindsay library branch runs themed story and play sessions. Peterborough, about 40 km to the east, holds its own Pride in September.

Canada offers broad legal protection. Same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, and both the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.