Mayor Calls for Review Into Church Street Halloween Festivities After an Estimated 50K People Show Up

Mayor, police look to improve Halloween on Church festivities after 50,000 attend

Mayor Olivia Chow said she will work closely with the local BIA to review how the event that brought 50,000 to Church Street on Friday and Saturday night can be structured better next year.

Concerns raised over excessive crowding, safety at Toronto Halloween on Church Street event

The Halloween on Church Street event in Toronto sees a large number of people gather downtown, but this year's event raised multiple issues.

A Halloween festival drew thousands to Church-Wellesley Village. Some advocates say safety was a concern

Large crowding in Toronto's Church-Wellesley Village over the Halloween weekend has some advocates raising concerns around future event safety in the city's queer spaces.

Halloween on Church faces backlash over overcrowding

What to know Toronto residents and members of the city’s Gay Village are calling on local officials and the Church-Wellesley BIA to address concerns surrounding...

Mayor calls for review into Church Street Halloween festivities after an estimated 50K people show up

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says she will be working closely with community organizers to better structure crowd management efforts after tens of thousands of people packed into Toronto`s Gay Village for the annual Halloween on Church event over the weekend, prompting some people to raise concerns about overcrowding.

'Loud, but good loud': Roughly 80,000 partiers flood the Gay Village for Halloween on Church

Church Street’s Halloween festival saw a massive turn out as an estimated 80,000 people took to the streets to celebrate.