Toronto Santa Claus Parade

Toronto Santa Claus Parade
Santa at the 2010 Toronto Santa Claus Parade
Status	Active
Genre	Christmas parade
Frequency	Annually in November
Location(s)	Toronto, Ontario
Years active	1905–present
Website	thesantaclausparade.com

The Toronto Santa Claus Parade, also branded as The Original Santa Claus Parade, is a Santa Claus parade held annually in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 2023 event was held on November 26.^[1]

First held in 1905, it is one of the largest parade productions in North America, the oldest Santa Claus parade in the world, and one of the world's oldest annual parades. Traditionally, it ran from Christie Pits along Bloor Street West and then south through Downtown Toronto before terminating at the downtown Eaton's store (later the Eaton Centre) at Yonge Street and Queen Street. Since Eaton's ceased its sponsorship of the parade in the 1980s, it has instead terminated at St. Lawrence Market. Its current route is almost 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) long. By tradition, the parade concludes with the arrival of Santa Claus.