NOW Magazine Toronto cancels all major summer events, including the CNE All in-person city-run and city-permitted events are cancelled through Labour Day By Kevin Ritchie Wikimedia Commons Toronto has cancelled the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE), Caribbean Carnival and many other major summer events again this year due to COVID-19. In a statement on Friday morning, city officials said all in-person city-led and city-permitted outdoor events are cancelled through Labour Day on September 6. The city previously cancelled all major events, including Pride and Canada Day through July 1. “The City understands the importance of these events to Toronto’s vitality, liveability and prosperity,” reads a press release. “City staff are working in close collaboration with event organizers, who in every instance possible have been consulted on this approach and given advance notice of this decision. The City is committed to working closely with event organizers to help them manage through 2021 and come back stronger in 2022.”