Annual events in Toronto

Numerous festivals, shows and exhibitions are held annually in Toronto. They include:

January

 * Winterlicious
 * Toronto Design Offsite Festival
 * Toronto Design Week

February

 * Canadian International AutoShow - at the Metro Convention Centre
 * Winter City

March

 * Cinéfranco
 * St Patrick's Day Parade
 * Canadian Music Week

April

 * Sporting Life 10K
 * Hot Docs
 * Khalsa Day parade, first held in 1986
 * Toronto Fashion Week

May

 * Cabbagetown Forsythia Festival - Held the first Sunday in May.
 * Doors Open Toronto
 * Science Rendezvous
 * Anime North - Usually held the weekend following Victoria Day, although some times during the long weekend.
 * Toronto Comic Arts Festival at Toronto Reference Library

June

 * Luminato a festival of arts and creativity established in 2007
 * North by Northeast, an annual five-day live music and film festival and music conference
 * Pride Week a large gay pride festival
 * Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival - various indoors and located throughout the downtown core
 * MuchMusic Video Awards
 * Toronto International Dragon Boat Festival - Centre Island
 * Fête de la Musique (World Music Day) - June 21 annually. Musicians from all over the world perform free concerts throughout the city
 * VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo - a virtual reality conference that takes place the 3rd week of June, annually.
 * World Naked Bike Ride, annually since June 2004.

July

 * Toronto Fringe Festival, Toronto's largest theatre festival
 * Honda Indy Toronto at Exhibition Place
 * Caribana is North America's largest street festival, showcasing Caribbean/West Indian culture (in some years early August).
 * Beaches International Jazz Festival - The Beaches
 * Summerlicious
 * ConBravo! fandom convention
 * Brickfete LEGO Fan Festival
 * Rogers Cup - An ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Tour Premier 5 tennis tournament held annually since 1881.

August

 * The Canadian National Exhibition (CNE, or "the Ex").
 * The Taste of the Danforth festival showcases the mostly Greek culture of The Danforth and has expanded to include other cultures of the area.
 * Fan Expo Canada

September

 * The Canadian International Air Show -off CNE grounds over Lake Ontario
 * The Terry Fox Run
 * The Toronto International Film Festival is considered one of the big three global film events, with Cannes and Berlin, with more screens and more films than either.
 * Cabbagetown Fall Festival, - Held the second weekend in September.
 * FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories third week September
 * Virgin Festival, based on the British festival
 * Word on the Street - Canada's largest, annual outdoor book and magazine festival
 * Taste of the Kingsway - A celebration of food and music, the Taste of the Kingsway festival is a family-friendly way to honour the community.

October

 * Nuit Blanche
 * The Toronto Waterfront Marathon - One of just five IAAF Gold Label marathons in North America, run along the waterfront starting and ending in downtown Toronto
 * The Toronto After Dark Film Festival

November

 * The Canadian FinTech Awards. An annual Gala Awards Dinner to celebrate Canadian Innovation, which was started in 2015.
 * The Toronto Santa Claus Parade (Started in 1904 with just a single float, it now boasts 32 floats, 24 bands, and 2000 participants. It is one of the biggest productions in North America, and broadcast to many countries around the world.)
 * Cavalcade of Lights.
 * The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, an annual fall fair started in 1922.

December

 * Reviving the Islamic Spirit