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Windsor

Windsor is a mid-sized Canadian city on the southwest tip of Ontario. It's an extremely multicultural city with over 20% of its population having been born outside of Canada. Wikivoyage

Population 229,660 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Canada

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Canada

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival

    July

    An enormous celebration of both Canada's Canada Day, held on July 1st, and America's Independence Day, held on July 4th.

  2. Pridefest Windsor-Essex

    August

    LGBT parade to Riverfront Festival Plaza, and several events around town

    Official site

  3. Windsor Emancipation Celebration Festival

    August

    An enormous celebration of Freedom, held on the first weekend in August Emancipation Celebration was once the largest outdoor celebration of its kind in all of North America.

  4. Windsor International Film Festival

    October – November

    Film festival with screenings in three venues; the Capitol Theatre, the Chrysler Theatre and the Armouries and an awards event. Also has a summer series on Thursday evenings

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Windsor); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • The Downtown Windsor Farmers Market

    No hours mapped

    2.4 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 13 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.