The 2025 Pride Toronto festival will see some notable changes as organizers deal with the “crippling” cost of running the four-day event, coupled with the loss of three key corporate sponsors.
Joanna LavoieVolunteers with Pride Toronto carry a large rainbow flag during the 2019 Pride Parade in Toronto, Saturday, June 23, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj
Revelers in the crowd cheer along the route of the 2019 Pride Parade in Toronto, Sunday, June 23, 2019. It was then, he said, that they found out that three major sponsors are reducing their contributions, or pulling out of Pride Toronto entirely. That expected shortfall amounts to roughly $300,000. “I strongly believe that there is a level of fear that might be installed in those folks,” he said, pointing to U.S. President Donald Trump’s disdain for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and hisA number of American companies as well as some Canadian ones, notably those in the tech sector, have since followed suit.
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