The 2026 Canby Independence Day Celebration will be held downtown on Saturday, July 4^th. Aside from its classic, small town parade, festivities include a street fair featuring food and beverage merchants, arts and craft retailers, live music, children's activities. This time-honored, family friendly event brings people of all ages – from Canby citizens and visitors – to experience a true, small-town Independence Day. This long established event traditionally brings thousands of people from Canby and beyond. Registration closes on Monday, June 30^th at 4pm.

Date: Saturday, July 4^th, 2026
Location: Queue between Cedar and Fir Streets on 4^th and 5^th Avenues. The parade route will run down Elm Street, along 1^st Avenue, up Holly Street, along Knights Bridge Road, and back down Cedar Street to the beginning location (see attached parade map).
Registration: Pick up your entrance number at the Registration Booth located on 5^th Street & Cedar between 7:30-9:30 AM.
Line Up: Between 7:30 and 9:30 AM
Parade Start Time: 10:00 AM
Awards: 12:30 PM at the Gazebo in Wait Park.

• Tyler Nizer, Economic Development & Tourism Coordinator
• 503.266.7001 | CanbyIndependenceDay@CanbyOregon.gov

Please make checks payable to: City of Canby; MEMO: Independence Day Parade
Return forms by mail to: PO Box 930, Canby, OR 97013
Drop-off to: Development Services, 222 NE 2^nd Avenue, Canby, OR 97013, 2^nd Floor Lobby 9a-4p
Registration – Must include initials and signature on Page 2

There is a $50 fee for any returned check.

$50
FREE

By signing and dating below, the undersigned ("Participant") represents and warrants the Participant has read, understands, and is voluntarily and knowingly agreeing to each of the following:

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1. Participant has reviewed and agrees to comply with the Canby Independence Day Celebration, Canby Business, and City of Canby registration requirements in seeking admission to the Canby Independence Day Celebration.

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2. Participant agrees to allow employees, representatives, and agents of the City of Canby and Canby Business to: take photographs and videos of Participant, its employees, representatives, and agents during the event; to edit the photographs and videos; and to publish the photographs and videos in any medium worldwide for future City of Canby and Canby Business marketing purposes. Participant releases any interest it may hold in such photographs and videos and waives any right it may have to compensation or royalties for or from such photographs and videos.

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3. Participant and Participant's personal and business property are not insured by Canby's Independence Day Celebration, Canby Business, and City of Canby. Participant is solely responsible for any injuries Participant incurs or causes and any property damages Participant incurs or causes in connection with Canby's Independence Day Celebration.

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4. In exchange for permission to participate in Canby's Independence Day Celebration, Participant agrees to indemnify, defend, release, forever discharge, and hold harmless Canby's Independence Day Celebration, Canby Business, and City of Canby, all sponsoring organizations and the directors, officers, employees, agents, and volunteers of each of them, from any responsibility, liability, claims, suits, actions, losses, costs (including attorney fees), expenses or damages of any kind, arising out or related to Participant's participation or involvement in Canby's Independence Day Celebration.

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5. This includes but is not limited to special, direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages for injuries of any kind, including but not limited to loss of life or limbs, loss of personal or business income, damages to real or personal property, or any other loss whether or not it was reasonably foreseeable.

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6. Neither Participant, nor anyone acting on the Participant's behalf, will bring or maintain any suit or action in any court or other forum or otherwise assert a claim against Canby's Independence Day Celebration, Canby Business, and City of Canby, its directors, officers, agents, employees, or volunteers for any claim that Participant might have arising out of Participant's participation or involvement in Canby's Independence Day Celebration.

The City of Canby reserves the right to refuse Participant's participation. Violations of the rules may result in removal from the event. By signing below, I agree to the above requirements.

A signed waiver is required for every parade participant.
Children under 18 must have a parent or guardian sign for them.

If you need more space, please attach another sheet.

1. All parade registrations must be received by the City of Canby before Friday, June 30^th, 2026 at 4:00pm.
2. All parade floats must be set up and in the correct space in line by 9:30AM. The parade starts promptly at 10:00 AM.
3. You must have a registration number (picked up from the Registration Booth) to participate in the parade.
4. Parade participants may not change assigned spaces without permission from staff.
5. Horse riders aged 11 and younger MUST have an adult leading the horse throughout the entire parade. No exceptions. Please bring pooper scooper.
6. Signed waiver forms are required for every parade participant. Children under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian sign for them.
7. There will be a NO CANDY ZONE between 3^rd and 4^th Avenues on Holly Street. Please refrain from throwing candy on this block. A set of bleachers and barricades will effectively cordon off this area, and children will not have access to candy distributed here. Float announcements and judging will take place in this section.
8. Otherwise, feel free to throw candy to children and other parade spectators anywhere along the route. We encourage candy-throwers to walk alongside their parade entry when distributing candy to ensure that children do not get underfoot of moving vehicles when fetching candy.
9. Non-profit and community group parade entries MUST NOT display any visible references to a commercial business or political candidate running for office on vehicles, signs, or clothing. Non-compliance will be considered commercial advertising and will be charged the $50 fee.
10. Vehicle drivers must have a valid driver's license.
11. All entrants must complete the entire parade route.
12. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded at the Gazebo at Wait Park at 12:30PM.
13. The contact person is responsible for any clean up required following the parade.
14. HAVE FUN!! ©

• The City of Canby supports and endorses a culture of appreciation and value for all persons within the community regardless of race, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, or other characteristic.
• Statements, whether through the use of words, actions, symbols or in any other form expressing hatred or intolerance, are neither supported nor endorsed by the City of Canby.
• The City of Canby expressly condemns and rejects any intolerant statement made that is not afforded protection as free speech under the first amendment to the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Oregon.
• The City of Canby recognizes and embraces our responsibility to be vigilant in defense of the rights of all people, proactive in our attempts to be a welcoming community for all people looking for a better life, and steadfast and vigorous in condemning all forms of unconstitutional infringement.

Each entry MUST have an entry number to participate in the parade—this is a yellow sheet of paper with a printed black number. Each entry is assigned a number by the volunteers in the Registration Booth on the day of the event and you must pick up your official number at the Booth (located on 5th Avenue and Cedar Street) between 7:30-9:30 AM. Place the number on the RIGHT side of your vehicle or float so the judges can see it. Hidden numbers may not be judged for a ribbon or trophy.

The parade starts at the intersection of NW 4th Avenue and Elm Street, and the staging area is on the streets around Knight School and Eccles Elementary between 3^rd and 5^th Avenues and Fir and Cedar Streets. For a general rule of thumb: Be in place before 9:30AM. All wheel vehicles should park on each side of the street headed toward the intersection of 4^th and Fir. Walkers and bicycles can wait next to the Stop Sign at the intersection. Marching bands should be on the East side of the intersection on 4^th Street (side closest to Wait Park). Please leave room for cars to pass, as this is a residential area and folks need to get to and from their homes.

A designated "Parade Director" will help organize the staging order of parade entries and will motion when to proceed past the starting gate. Please leave a gap of about 3 cars between yourself and the previous entrant.

Driving Directions: From Knights Bridge Road—Enter parade staging area using N Cedar Street.
From Hwy 99E—Enter parade staging area using N Elm Street.

Registration Booth: Located on NW 5th Avenue between N Cedar St. Enter the following address into your GPS to get you close: 562 NW 5th Avenue, Canby, OR 97013.