With public Canada Day celebrations going virtual this year due to COVID-19, Pelham residents are encouraged to display their Canadian pride by participating in the Town of Pelham house decorating contest and submitting their rendition of the national anthem; the latter coming with a chance to be featured in a special Canada Day collaboration.

For those residents who are looking to show off their singing voices, the Town would like to see and hear your rendition of O’ Canada. Submit your video submission. The selected submissions will be included in a special video collaboration released on the Town’s Canada Day page on July 1. Submissions should be sent no later than June 19.

There are many virtual events available for Canada Day in Pelham and more information on these events will be released in the coming weeks. Visit www.pelham.ca/canada-day for the most up to date information and updates.

Some things to can look forward to this year are:

• Virtual Niagara-wide Canada Day celebrations
• Canada Day virtual performances
• House decorating contest
• Bike decorating contest
• Canada Day virtual 5K with #PelhamUNITES

If you have questions about the singing video submissions, please contact Leah Letford (lletford@pelham.ca) at 905-892-2607 x352.

Pelham’s Canada Day virtual event is funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Celebrate Canada program.

To learn more about the Town of Pelham’s response to COVID-19, visit: www.pelham.ca/covid19