Canadian National Exhibition
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE, often abbreviated to "The Ex") is a trade fair and fairground event held annually in Toronto in late summer on Exhibition Place . The Canadian National Exhibition has historically emerged from an agricultural fair, which also offers various attractions and has since taken on the character of a folk festival . The CNE traditionally takes place on 18 days in summer. The last day falls on Labor Day , the first Monday in September. With around 1.3 million visitors annually, the CNE is Canada's largest trade fair and the fifth largest in North America.
history
Before the CNE was held annually in Toronto, a major agricultural fair was held in a different Ontario city each year . In 1878 Toronto hosted the fair and was very successfully accepted with over 100,000 visitors. Because of this success, local politicians and business representatives campaigned for the fair to be held permanently in Toronto in the future. The rural communities resisted this plan because the traveling exhibition enabled the communities to present themselves. Nevertheless, the Toronto supporters prevailed, so that since September 3, 1879, the first trade fair takes place as the Toronto Industrial Exhibition . The venue west of downtown on the Ontario shore is now called Exhibition Place. In addition to the exhibition area, it also offers parking spaces on an area of 1.1 square kilometers. The fair was not held between 1942 and 1946. The first time the CNE was televised was on August 2, 1952. In the summer of 2003, the CNE celebrated its 125th edition.
program
In addition to the agricultural fair, the CNE offers a number of fairground rides, ice dance shows , parades, air shows , talent competitions, garden shows, a petting zoo , horse shows and sports competitions. Since it was founded in 1879, a wide variety of sports have been carried out, including a. Archery , bungee jumping , car racing , baseball , basketball , snooker , judo , karate , swimming . In the early years, military units from the British Empire also presented themselves . Nowadays there is a military parade on the first Saturday of the CNE .
Every year at the CNE, the Canadian flag is hoisted on a 31.4 meter high flagpole . This tradition was first carried out in 1977. Until its replacement in 2001, a 56.1 meter high flagpole made of Douglas fir was used , which at the time was the world's highest wooden flagpole.
literature
- Avigdor, Jeanine: The Scadding Cabin, 1794: Toronto's Oldest House , The York Pioneer and Historical Society 1994, ISBN 0-9698404-0-3 .
- Once Upon a Century: 100 Year History of The "Ex" . 1978. Ed: John Withrow. JH Robinson Publishing Ltd.
Web links
- Canadian National Exhibition website
- Virtual tour through Exhibition Place ( Memento from August 28, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ theex.com: About us ( Memento from May 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ The Early Years ( Memento of December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 91 kB)
- ↑ CNE: The Military Tradition ( Memento of December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 93 kB)
- ↑ CNE: The Flag Pole ( Memento of December 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (pdf; 14 kB)