Pride season is here! Save the dates for Pride Fest ’26 and the PEI Pride Parade

While June is considered Pride Month in many areas of Canada, Pride is recognized on PEI and at UPEI in July as part of the national summer-long “Pride season.” 

Pride PEI—a not-for-profit organization that celebrates and promotes inclusion and diversity and educates and advocates on behalf of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community—organizes the PEI Pride Festival, which, this year, takes place July 24–August 2. Pride Fest ’26 is an opportunity to celebrate and embrace equity, diversity and inclusion; show our Panther Pride; and visibly acknowledge that we continue to move forward together as a University community.

One of the signature events of the festival is the annual PEI Pride Parade when individuals, families, friend groups, and organizations join a colourful line-up to walk through the streets of Charlottetown. Each year, the UPEI Student Union registers the University’s parade entry on behalf of the entire Panther community.

This year's PEI Pride Parade will take place on Saturday, July 25. All UPEI students, staff, faculty, alumni, and friends are invited to walk together in collective celebration and action! 

Everyone is asked to meet in the parking lot off Terry Fox Drive behind the Government buildings at 9:30 am—look for the UPEI vehicle! Parade will start at 10 am.