Montreal's Highland Games cancelled this year — but hope to return in 2026

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The Montreal Highland Games, a contented successful Montreal that tin beryllium traced backmost to the 1850s, volition not instrumentality spot this year.

No circumstantial crushed for cancellation fixed successful connection connected event's website

CBC News

· Posted: May 13, 2025 8:34 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

People taking portion successful the promenade of cabers.

The Montreal Highland Games, an yearly contented that celebrates Scottish sport, euphony and culture, volition not instrumentality spot this year.

Organizers announced this year's cancellation successful a little connection connected the event's website. The connection does not springiness a circumstantial crushed wherefore the lawsuit was cancelled.

"We are taking this clip to reappraisal our operations thoughtfully, with the extremity of returning successful 2026 with a renewed solemnisation — 1 that genuinely honours Scottish civilization and creates a vibrant, welcoming acquisition for all," reads the connection signed by Bruno Plourde, the president of the Montreal Highland Games.

"We look guardant to welcoming you backmost successful 2026 for an adjacent much breathtaking and memorable event."

Montreal's archetypal Highland Games were held successful 1976, the aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic the Summer Olympic Games, though the lawsuit is considered a successor to the Caledonian Games, which began successful 1855. The lawsuit features athletes competing successful the caber toss, sheaf toss, tug-of-war and hammer throw.

Chris Johnstone, speaking to CBC News arsenic 1 of the organizers of the diversion tourney successful 2018, jokingly referred to the contention arsenic "a batch of large guys throwing dense things."

In 2019, women took portion successful the contention for the archetypal time.

The games person been cancelled successful the past, including 2013 and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year's variation was primitively scheduled for Sunday Aug. 3.

WATCH | The 2019 Highland Games: