The Top 100 Festival and Events list for 2018 is out and only five from northern Ontario made the list.

North Bay, Sudbury and Sault Ste Marie were shut out.

The list includes three events in Thunder Bay along with the Great Canadian Kayak Challenge and Festival in Timmins and the Kirkland Lake Winter Carnival.

Tourism North Bay’s new director of tourism Steve Dreany says he has to learn more about the list on how events get on it.

“I’d like to reach out to Summer In The Park people and find out what the process is and what the criteria are for being on that list and do anything that we can to ensure we are there in the future,” he says.

Dreany says it’s not just a case of excluding small communities.

“We certainly have lots of things going on, cultural things going on. This is a matter of meeting the criteria so we are on that list,” he says.

 

Here’s the full list from Festivals and Events Ontario

PROVINCE WIDE Doors Open Ontario: April 1-Oct. 31, 2018

RTO 1 – SOUTHWEST ONTARIO TOURISM REGION

Carrousel of Nations: June 15-24, 2018
Eat & Drink Norfolk: April 5-7, 2018
*International Plowing Match & Rural Expo (Chatham-Kent): Sept. 18 – 22, 2018
LaSalle Craft Beer Festival: Oct. 5-6, 2018
Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show: Oct. 2-8, 2018
TD Sunfest: Canada’s Premier Celebration of World Cultures: July 5-8, 2018
Tecumseh Corn Festival: Aug. 24-26, 2018
*Western Fair: Sept 9 – 16, 2018
Wine and Food Show: Jan 17 – 19, 2019

 

RTO 2 – NIAGARA FALLS AND WINE COUNTRY TOURISM REGION

Canal Days Marine Heritage Festival: Aug. 3-6, 2018
*Niagara Wine Festival: Sept 14 – 30, 2018
*OPG Winter Festival of Lights: Nov. 3-Jan. 31, 2019
Pelham Summerfest: July 19-22, 2018

 

RTO 3 – HAMILTON, HALTON AND BRANT TOURISM REGION

Canada’s Largest Ribfest: Aug. 31-Sept.3, 2018
City of Burlington’s Canada Day Celebration: July 1st, 2018
City of Burlington’s Children’s Festival: Aug. 10, 2018
Downtown Milton Street Festival: June 02, 2018
Dundas Cactus Festival: Aug. 17-19, 2018
Dundas International Buskerfest: June 1-3, 2018
It’s your Festival: June 30-July 2, 2018
Paris Fair: Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2018
St. George AppleFest: Sept. 15-16, 2018
Supercrawl: Sept. 14-16, 2018
Telling Tales Festival: Sept. 16, 2018
The Re-enactment of the Battle of Stoney Creek: June 2-3, 2018
Winona Peach Festival: Aug. 24-26, 2018
*Sound of Music Festival: June 9-17, 2018

 

RTO 4 – HURON, PERTH, WATERLOO AND WELLINGTON TOURISM REGION

Christkindl Market: Dec. 6-9, 2018
Erin Fall Fair: Oct. 4-8, 2018
Fergus Scottish Festival & Highland Games: Aug. 10-12, 2018
*Guelph Hillside Festival: July 13 – 15, 2018
*Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest: Oct. 5 – 13, 2018
*Stratford Festival: Apr. 17-Nov. 4, 2018
The Mount Forest Fireworks Festival: July 20-22, 2018

 

RTO 5 – GREATER TORONTO AREA TOURISM REGION

Brampton Celebrates Canada 150: July 01, 2018
Brampton New Year’s Eve: Dec. 31, 2018
*Canadian National Exhibition: Aug 17 – Sept 3, 2018
Carassauga Festival Inc: May 25-27, 2018
CeleBRAMPTON: June 09, 2018
Christmas Tree Lighting: Nov. 16, 2018
Grace International Jerk Food and Music Festival (Jerkfest): Aug. 9-12, 2018
*Luminato Festival: Jun 6 – 24, 2018
Mississauga Italfest: Aug. 17-18, 2018
MuslimFest: Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2018
*Redpath Waterfront Festival, presented by Billy Bishop Airport: Jun 22 – 24, 2018
Remembrance Day Parade and Service: Nov. 11, 2018
*Rogers Cup Presented by National Bank: Aug 4 – 12, 2018
SING! The Toronto Vocal Arts Festival: May 23-June 3, 2018
TD Salsa in Toronto Festival: July 2 – 31, 2018
The Streetsville Founders’ Bread and Honey Festival Inc.: June 1-3, 2018
The Word on the Street Toronto: Sept. 23, 2018
*Toronto Caribbean Carnival: July 10 – Aug 4, 2018
*Toronto International Film Festival: Sept. 6 -16, 2018

 

RTO 6 – YORK, DURHAM AND HILLS OF HEADWATERS TOURISM REGION

Aurora’s Haunted Forest: Oct. 27, 2018
Aurora’s Tree Lighting Ceremony: Dec. 5, 2018
Canada Day: July 1st, 2018
JAMBANA, One World Festival: Aug. 5-6, 2018
Orangeville Blues and Jazz Festival: June 1-3, 2018
Peony Festival: June 9-10, 2018
Ribfest: July 27-29, 2018
Tastes of the Hill Multicultural Festival: Sept. 22-23, 2018

 

RTO 7 – BRUCE PENINSULA, SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY AND LAKE SIMCOE TOURISM REGION

Barrie Automotive Flea Market: June 7-10, 2018 & Sept. 6-9, 2018
Barrie Winterfest: Feb. 2-3, 2019
Carrot Fest: Aug. 17-18, 2018
Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegence: Sept. 15-16, 2018
Collingwood Elvis Festival: July 27-29, 2018
First Light: Nov. 22-Dec. 8, 2018
Kempenfest: Aug. 3-6, 2018
Lighthouse Blues Festival: July 13-15, 2018
Mariposa Folk Festival: July 6-8, 2018
Meaford Scarecrow and Family Festival: Sept. 11-Oct. 22, 2018
Peak to Shore: July 4-8, 2018
Pumpkinferno: Oct. 1-30, 2018
Salsa at Blue: June 22-24, 2018
Sidelaunch Days: Aug. 11-12, 2018
Small Halls Festival: Sept. 27-30, 2018
The Blue Mountains Apple Harvest Festival: Oct. 6-8, 2018

 

RTO 8 – KAWARTHA AND NORTHUMBERLAND TOURISM REGION

Buckhorn Fine Art Festival: Aug. 18-19, 2018
*Havelock Country Jamboree: Aug. 16-19, 2018
Westben Arts Festival Theatre: June 30-Aug. 6, 2018

 

RTO 9 – SOUTH EASTERN ONTARIO TOURISM REGION

Belleville Waterfront & Ethnic Festival: July 12-15, 2018
Kingston Sheep Dog Trials Festival: Aug. 10-12, 2018
Tweed Tribute to Elvis Festival: Aug. 24-26, 2018

 

RTO 10 – OTTAWA AND COUNTRYSIDE TOURISM REGION

*Canada Day Celebrations (Ottawa/Gatineau): Sunday, July 01, 2018
Canadian Tulip Festival: May 11-21, 2018
Capital Ukrainian Festival: July 20-22, 2018
*Ottawa International Chamber Festival: July 26-Aug 8, 2018
*RBC Royal Bank Bluesfest: July 5 – 15, 2018
*TD Ottawa Jazz Festival: June 21-July 1, 2018
*Winterlude (Ottawa/Gatineau): Feb. 1-18, 2019

 

RTO 11 – HALIBURTON HIGHLANDS TO THE OTTAWA VALLEY TOURISM REGION

Bancroft Rockhound Gemboree: Aug. 2-5, 2018
Stewart Park Festival: July 13-15, 2018

 

RTO 12 – MUSKOKA, PARRY SOUND AND ALGONQUIN PARK TOURISM REGION

Bala Cranberry Festival: Oct. 12-14, 2018
Festival of the Sound: July 20-Aug. 11, 2018

 

RTO 13 – NORTHERN ONTARIO TOURISM REGION

Haunted Fort Night: Oct. 4-28, 2018
Kirkland Lake Winter Carnival: Feb. 14-Mar. 3, 2019
Live on the Waterfront: July 11-Aug. 29, 2018
The Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival: Aug. 24-26, 2018
Voyageur Winter Carnival: Feb. 16-18, 2019

 

*Events with an asterisk represent Level of Distinction Festivals and Events.