Fort George Park was the centre of Canada Day Celebrations, especially the live entertainment that flowed on the stage from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
From individual singers to community bands, to numerous different cultural dances, the stage captivated an audience that filled the entire park.
Among the talent is a group that has been performing on Canada Day since 1983.
The Philippine Dancers start training officially up to three months before Canada's birthday, to prepare different cultural dances.
"It makes you feel good, really good to show your culture to other people in celebration," said Chony Uy, the lead dancer teacher of the groups.
"This is our big event of the year, and we've always had a great time performing."
The Philippine dancers started with a Sakuting, or a 'mock fight' dance.
Chony said for the last couple years they've had guys dancing with the group as well, including her nephew Chris Uy.
Chris, 22, not only teaches a lot of the dances, but is in most of them too.
"When I was a kid, they used to force me to do it," Chris said.
"Now, I just think it's great that I can really embrace my culture, because I didn't get to grow up immersed in it."
The second dance was called the Love Story, which is considered a courtship dance said Chony.
The group ended with the Coconut dance, one of the hardest of the Philippine dances.
Coconuts are strapped to their chest, back, sides, knees and hands.
"It's a lot of fun, I love performing on Canada Day," Chris said.
Aaron Tecson has been dancing with the group for two years now.
He said he loves performing, but he can feel the pressure when he's on stage.
"It's really cool, but the Filipinos community are always front and centre in the audience and they know if we make a mistake in the dance," Tecson,18, said.
"You only see the front row, not the thousands behind them."
Since the group first started up, they have only missed two Canada Day Celebrations.
While the group will be losing most of their male dancers to university this fall, they said they'll definitely be back next year.
"We'll end up back here next year, just maybe a little less time to practice," Tecson said.
