Centre Island: Festival and Caribbean

centre island: Order this photo By Brennan Doherty Staff Reporter Fri., Aug. 5, 2016 Revelers packed Centre Island, 50,000 strong, for Toronto first-ever Caribana, starting August 5, 1967, according to Toronto Star. Organizers were unfazed. The festival drew 50,000 Torontonians to the Islands over a week, and cemented a legacy as one of the city biggest summer events. In the Caribbean, 200,000 people dance through the streets . . . and we do it every year, one told the Star on one of the festival quieter nights. Caribana '67 — held as part of Canada centennial — was the city first celebration of the Caribbean festival of Carnival. The Caribbean community in Toronto at the time only comprised about 12,000 people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.