Lots to do on Canada Day

It may be hard to turn Canada Day into a long weekend this year, but no matter: there’s lots of festivities — fun, food, floats, fish, freebies, families and fireworks — in town July 1 to celebrate our 148th birthday. Here’s a sampling: Surrey Canada Day

Where: Bill Reid Millennium Amphitheatre, 176th Street and 64th Avenue (Cloverdale Fairgrounds). surrey.ca/canadaday

Musical headliner Blue Rodeo caps a day of 100 exhibitors, followed by

fireworks. Steveston Salmon Festival

Where: 4111 Moncton St., Richmond. facebook.com/ Steveston Salmon Festival

Kicks off at 6:30 a.m. with pancakes and some 550 kilograms of salmon will be barbecued throughout the day. Parade, vintage show and shine car show, local performers. Royal Canadian Navy Ship Tours Where: Various locations. navy-marine.forces.gc.ca, twitter.com/RCN_MRC or twitter.com/MARPAC

The Navy is offering tours of its ships and frigates, including the 100-plusyears-old HMCS Oriole at Steveston’s Ships to Shore event, in North Vancouver (Burrard Dry Dock Pier) and at Canada Place, Prince Rupert, Nanaimo and Campbell River. Canada Day at Canada Place Where: Downtown Vancouver. canadaday.canadaplace.ca

Live entertainment featuring Hannah Georgas, Tim Chaisson, the Hairfarmers and Watasun, topped off by a 7 p.m. parade and fireworks from two barges, in Dundarave and Coal Harbour.

Canada Day at Granville Island granvilleisland.com/canada-day Features a bike-decorating workshop, dog show, parade, roving performers, face-painting, vintage tugboat and urban dance. Four free Vancouver International Jazz Festival stages.