Winnipeg to host Fierté Canada / Canada Pride 2020

(Winnipeg, MB | March 1, 2017) – Pride Winnipeg Festival will play hosts to Fierté Canada | Canada Pride 2020. On the heels of its recent win of the 2020 North America OutGames, Pride Winnipeg was selected by the delegation of Canadian Pride organizers at the 2017 Fierté Canada Pride Conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia to host the national event. This will be the 2nd edition of Fierté Canada | Canada Pride, with Fierté Montréal Pride hosting the inaugural this year from August 10 to 20.

Pride Winnipeg – The Pride of the Prairies – is one of the largest celebrations between Toronto and Vancouver of LGBTTQ* (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, queer, questioning, intersex, and pansexual) people and their allies, supporters and friends. 
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Fierté Canada Pride (FCP) - is a non-profit national association of Canadian Pride organizations that was founded in 2004. Powered by volunteers from across the country, Fierté Canada Pride’s membership is made up of Pride organizations from almost every region of Canada.

Canada Pride Montréal 2017 – is the first edition of Canada Pride being hosted Montréal Pride from August 11 to 20, 2017, as a nation-wide celebration of Canada’s LGBT movement, reaffirming the position of Montréal and of Canada as leaders in LGBT rights.