Canadian National Exhibition (CNE)

Unlike Vancouver, you can still take a streetcar to the Canadian_National_Exhibition in Toronto.  

https://www.ttc.ca/riding-the-ttc/Updates/Take-the-TTC-to-the-CNE 

https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/transportation-infrastructure/ttc-increases-bus-streetcar-service-to-cne-11075611

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Canadian-National-Exhibition 

https://globalnews.ca/news/10764365/cne-2024-attendance 

https://www.dundurn.com/blog_/t43181/p159483-the-cne--canadas-annual-worlds-fair

https://www.theex.com/cne-history 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Loop#History

https://www.theex.com/getting-here/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dufferin_Gate_Loop#Future

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=CNE

Canadian National Exhibition

https://theex.com/2021-cne-message

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Exhibition  https://theex.com/

https://theex.com/main/getting-here/public-transit/

https://theex.com/main/guest-info/cne-map

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/the-cne-is-at-risk-of-permanently-closing-after-142-years-in-business-1.5431088

https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/07/why-cne-isnt-happening-allowed-step-2-rules/

https://www.blogto.com/search/?offset=0&ordering=relevancy&q=cne

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-canadas-major-fairs-walking-a-financial-tightrope-as-2021-events/

Vancouver PNE vs...

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-pne-fair-weekend-playland-aug-2026 

At the same time that the madness of Vancouver was making the PNE smaller, the CNE was allowed to grow in size. If anything like a Vancouver Mind Virus had an influence in Toronto, the city would have become a backwards mess. 

https://www.tourguys.ca/post/cne-vs-canadas-wonderland-best-toronto-theme-parks-for-kids-teens-families-2025-guide 

In 1981 Canada's Wonderland had just opened. But the CNE is also on. Which one do you decide to go to - the shiny new theme park or a Torontonian classic? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItiWGErRyZM

Toronto would go onto becoming as big as Chicago. However, the GTA still isn't quite as big as the overall Chicagoland Area. Vancouver is still stuck in its provincial backwater trap mentality.

Toronto’s CNE is off to a rough start after record-setting rainfall on opening weekend

 https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/torontos-cne-is-off-to-a-rough-start-after-record-setting-rainfall-on-opening-weekend/article_434d6f46-5f14-11ef-9fc3-1322ab0c4434.html

It's always unfortunate when a Vancouver type rainstorm causes the CNE to be watered down. 

The TTC streetcar to the CNE

 https://www.ttc.ca/news/2022/August/Take-the-TTC-to-the-CNE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Loop

https://www.ttc.ca/news/2024/August/TTC-increasing-service-to-The-Ex-for-CNE

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_Loop#Future

https://www.theex.com/getting-here/#public-transit

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_West_LRT#Route_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfront_West_LRT#Exhibition_Place%E2%80%93Dufferin_Gate_Loop_streetcar_connection

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_streetcar_system#Routes

It would have been devastating if Vancouver's backwards mentality had convinced Toronto, SF & Melbourn to get rid of their streetcars & trams.

https://transittoronto.ca/archives/weblog/2024/08/14-lets_go_--.shtml

The Calgary Stampede (TCS)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Stampede

 https://calgary.citynews.ca/2025/06/25/win-ride-all-day-passes-to-the-calgary-stampede/

https://dailyhive.com/calgary/early-liquor-service-calgary-stampede-2025

https://www.todocanada.ca/cne-calgary-stampede-ranked-best-10-fairs-in-north-america 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_Stampede#Stampede_Park

TCS attracts more people than the PNE, but not quite as many people as the CNE

Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)

The Pacific_National_Exhibition, which is in Hastings+Park, should have been much bigger and better by now, but this is watered down Vancouver. https://www.pne.ca/hastings-park-access , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings_Park

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/pacific-national-exhibition-pne

https://www.pne.ca/about-us/history-legacy 

Generations ago, one could take a streetcar to the PNE. Of course it's still possible at the CNE.

https://vancouversun.com/news/this-week-in-history-1890-vancouver-gets-cutting-edge-with-an-electric-streetcar-and-light-system 

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/vancouvers-forgotten-streetcars#gsc.tab=0

https://kumtuks.ca/streetcars-and-metro-vancouver/

https://macleans.ca/culture/i-started-working-at-the-pacific-national-exhibition-when-i-was-12-it-was-a-wild-ride/

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/history/brief-history-of-pne-playland-1935285 

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-history-photos-vancouver  

https://604now.com/history-pne-vancouver-bc/ 

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/heres-how-many-people-attended-the-pne-this-year (2024)

https://vancouversun.com/news/pne-draws-nearly-638000-people-the-highest-since-the-pandemic

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pne-fair-attendance-2024

https://www.chronicallyvintage.com/2014/08/a-vintage-photo-filled-look-at-history.html

https://evelazarus.com/the-pne-then-and-now 

https://www.echostories.com/backstory/pne-anniversary-book/

Unfortunatly, it hasn't always been a fun place.

https://hastingspark1942.ca/

https://hastingspark1942.ca/buildings-overview/

https://hastingspark1942.ca/history/momiji-gardens/

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=PNE 

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Community+Park+and+Hastings+Park

Playland and the PNE in Vancouver, BC

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-2025-season

https://www.pne.ca/about-us/hastings-park-master-plan/

Unlike the CNE, various small-town agenda types have tried to reduce or even dismantle the PNE over the decades. Fortunately, the PNE has been gradually been able to build itself up to something more than just a backwater county fair. There seems to be a multigenerational mentality to perpetuate a, NO FUN VANCOUVER agenda. Fortunately, this horrible backwards mentality hasn't been able to catch on with most cities around the world.

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/playland-redevelopment-expansion-pne-plan-update-long-term

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Hastings+Park