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Celebrate Across the Country

Vancouver and Toronto aren’t Canada’s only World Cup party spots
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Can’t make it to Vancouver or Toronto for the Cup? Fear not: it’s coming to you. A series of pop-up events, called Canada Celebrates, will be set up in 34 cities and towns across the country. Travelling shows will depart on June 11—one from Halifax, the other from Fort St. John, B.C.—moving along routes that will take them within a two-hour drive of over three-quarters of Canadians.

Wherever they set up camp, expect free, big-screen viewings of the matches, plus games, food and music. On its eastern leg, the festival will hit cities (Moncton, Charlottetown), towns (like Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador) and First Nations (the Mississauga of the Credit Nation in Ontario). The West Coast tour will kick off in Whitehorse (the only stop in a territory) and travel through B.C.’s interior, Edmonton and Saskatoon. Finally, each tour will wrap up in two final Ontario stops—East Coast in Brampton, West Coast in Niagara Falls—to celebrate the final on June 19, which will take place in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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