Registration now taking place for the annual Beaches Easter Parade on April 5

Registrations for community groups and local businesses planning on taking part in next month’s Toronto Beaches Lions Club’s annual Easter Parade are now being accepted.

This year’s parade will take place on the afternoon of Sunday, April 5 – Easter Sunday.

The parade will start at Queen Street East and Victoria Park Avenue, in front of the R.C. Harris Water Treatment Plant, at 2 p.m.

The parade route will then head west along Queen Street East through the Beach, ending on Woodbine Avenue at Kew Beach Avenue.

Also, the parade is marking its 60th anniversary this year.

A Beach tradition since 1967, the Toronto Beaches Lions Club has been organizing the parade since 1973.

Huge crowds regularly line the parade route along Queen Street East.

The parade is part of a number of Easter celebrations planned locally for next month, including the annual Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt on Good Friday, April 3.

The Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m, and participants are invited to complete assigned tasks within a geo-fenced area of the Beach community.

Those taking part in the scavenger hunt can do so in teams of family members and will be able to visit numerous local businesses for a chance to meet with the Easter Bunny and receive a special treat. The scavenger hunt covers an area of approximately three kilometres in the Beach and takes about an hour to complete.

There are number of options for parade participants this year with a range of registration fees. Proceeds from the parade support community programs run by the Toronto Beaches Lions Club.

For more information on registering for this year’s parade or take part in the scavenger hunt, please go to https://www.beacheseasterparade.ca/