The annual Pride parade will take over large parts of Toronto on Sunday, with sun expected to replace last year’s rain — and the cloud of the investigation into serial killer Bruce McArthur.

Weather

Environment Canada is calling for a clear and sunny day, with a high of 26 C expected. The UV index is very high — sunscreen is recommended.

Road closures

Closures will be in effect starting from Rosedale Valley Rd. around 8 a.m., which will be closed from Park Rd. to Bayview Ave.

At 12 p.m. for the parade:

Park Rd. will be closed from Rosedale Valley Rd. to Bloor St. E.

Church St. will be closed from Park Rd. to Hayden St.

Bloor St. E. will be closed from Yonge St. to Ted Rogers Way.

At 1 p.m.:

Bloor St. will be closed from Bay St. to Ted Rogers Way

Yonge St. will be closed from Bloor St. to Queen St.

Dundas St. will be closed from Bay St. to Church St.

Victoria St. will be closed from Dundas St. to Shuter St.

Roads are expected to reopen around 7 p.m.

Transit

All day, there will be no service on TTC’s Line 3 to Scarborough from Kennedy to McCowan stations for repair work. Shuttle buses will operate and Wheel-Trans service will be available for people requiring accessible service.

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GO Transit will have reduced hours and slower service on the Lakeshore West line due to track maintenance. Trains will run hourly instead of every half-hour, starting with the 7:01 a.m. train from Aldershot and 6:43 a.m. train leaving Union Station. Trains will run about 10 minutes slower coming in and out of Toronto because of the maintenance work.

The road closures will affect service on the 5 Avenue Rd. bus, 94 Wellesley bus, 505 Dundas streetcar and 506 Carlton streetcar.

Celebrities and appearances to watch for

Carly Rae Jepsen is scheduled to perform Sunday during the parade on the Bud Light float alongside emerging Toronto-based artist Jordan Alexander. The two collaborated on the Pride remix to Feels Rights, a track off of Jepsen’s new album.

Justin Trudeau will once again be marching the parade and will be joined by other ministers and MPs from the Liberal caucus. Andrea Horwath and Jagmeet Singh are also marching in the parade with the NDP float. However, both Doug Ford and Andrew Scheer have confirmed that they will not be attending.

Toronto Mayor John Tory is also expected to march in the parade.

In addition to the parade, Sunday features another exciting day of parties and performances. Catch hip hop artist Big Freedia, R&B artist Mýa, electronic music band TR/ST, Brazillian drag queen Pablo Vitar, R&B singer Tweet and more on stages around The Village. A full breakdown of Sunday’s lineup is available on Pride Toronto’s website.

Safety

In anticipation of potential confrontations with anti-LGBTQ protestors, The 519 plans to give out “mobilization kits” at the Blockorama Stage near Wellesley subway station Sunday morning. The kits contain information about how to report a confrontation, a banner with messages of love, noisemakers and chants to respond with, as well as a branded bandana to help identify oneself.

Last year

More than 120 groups took part in the parade, blasting music from the floats, waving rainbow-coloured flags and carrying signs with various messages of love, peace and diversity. Participants observed a minute of silence in remembrance of McArthur’s victims.

With files from Tom Yun and Sherina Harris