Parade Information 

•    THIS YEAR THE PARADE ROUTE WILL BE STARTING ON SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL AT RIEL DRIVE TRAVELING EAST THEN TURNING RIGHT ONTO ST ANNE ST AND TRAVELING PAST CITY HALL FOR JUDGING THEN TURNING LEFT ON PERRON STREET (NORTH) AND ACROSS THE STURGEON RIVER BRIDGE TO MISSION AVE TURNING LEFT ON MISSION AVE AND THEN TURNING RIGHT ONTO MOUNT ROYAL DR. TRAVELLING ALONG MOUNT ROYAL DR. AND TURNING RIGHT ONTO ST VITAL AVE AND ENDING AT THE TOP OF THE HILL BY THE ST ALBERT PARISH CHURCH.  

•    DISPERSAL AND PICKUP OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE DONE ALONG ST VITAL OR MUIR DRIVE WHICH EVER IS CONVENIENT HOWEVER YOU MAY NOT LEAVE THESE AREAS WITH PEOPLE RIDING ON YOUR FLOAT ENTRY.

•    TO ACCESS YOUR SPECIFIC  FORM UP LOCATION ALONG  THE SOUTHBOUND LANES OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL DRIVE YOU HAVE TO USE LEVASSEUR ROAD AND TURN RIGHT (NORTH) ONTO SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL AVE OR PROCEED NORTH FROM THE SOUTH END OF SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL DRIVE.

•    PROFANITY WRITTEN ON THE FLOAT IS PROHIBITED AND WILL RESULT IN YOUR ENTRY BEING REMOVED. SHOUTING OUT PROFANE SLOGANS OR CHANTS WILL ALSO RESULT IN FLOAT BEING IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.

•    DEMONSTRATIONS MUST ENABLE THE PARADE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.  PLEASE HAVE YOUR DEMONSTRATIONS ORGANIZED TO BE MOVING FORWARD AT ALL TIMES.

•    AS A WAY TO HELP THE PARADE FLOW MORE EVENLY, PLEASE TRY TO KEEP ABOUT ONE TO TWO CAR LENGTHS (12-24FT) MAX IN FRONT OF YOUR ENTRY MAKING THE FLOW BETTER AND VIEWING OF THE PARADE MORE DESIRABLE.

•    OLDER WALKERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE BREAKS RIDING ON A VEHICLE TO HELP WITH THE FLOW. KEEP HYDRATED.

•    HORSE ENTRIES WILL BE PROVIDED A SPECIFIC AREA TO UNLOAD AND FORM UP AND SHOULD BE READY TO ENTER THE PARADE WHEN YOUR NUMBER IN THE PARADE COMES TO THAT AREA. A MARSHALL WILL BE THERE TO DIRECT YOU. 

•    DUE TO SAFETY CONCERNS, NOTHING IS PERMITTED TO BE THROWN FROM. FLOATS OR OTHER MOVING VEHICLES (I.E. CANDIES, ETC). THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE CHILDREN RUNNING ONTO THE PARADE ROUTE FROM THE SIDEWALK. YOU MUST DISTRIBUTE HANDOUTS (CANDY) USING WALKERS TO HAND ITEMS TO SPECTATORS.

•    ENTRIES MUST BE MECHANICALLY SOUND.  (FIRE EXTINGUISHERS ARE SUGGESTED)

•     THE CITY OF ST ALBERT HAS SAID THAT IT WILL BE ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE TO RIDE ON A FLOAT OR IN THE BACK OF A HALF-TON TRUCK ANYWHERE OTHER THAN ON THE PARADE ROUTE OR THE DESIGNATED DISEMBARKING AREA PROVIDED ON ST VITAL AND MUIR DRIVE.

•    IT IS ILLEGAL TO HAVE PARTICIPANTS RIDE ON FLOATS ON CITY STREETS EXCEPT ON THE PARADE ROUTE AND IN THE PICKUP AREA ALONG MUIR DRIVE AND ST VITAL AVE. ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS (THIS INCLUDES ANY MOTOR VEHICLE WITHOUT PROPER LICENCE PLATES). ST ALBERT RCMP WILL ISSUE TICKETS.

•    WE SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE PICKUP VEHICLES FOR YOUR PEOPLE WAITING ON ALONG MUIR DRIVE AND ST VITAL AVE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE PARADE. 

•    TO ACCESS YOUR SPECIFIC LOCATION, 

•    YOUR FORM UP LOCATION NUMBER WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU BY NOON WEDNESDAY MAY 22TH 2024.