Edmonton Filipino community celebrated Filipino Heritage Month on Saturday, June 13, 2020, with a vehicle parade in the south and west of Edmonton.
Filipino Heritage Month was started by Paulina Corpuz of Toronto, Ontario, through a petition with the sponsorship of Councillor Neethan Shan, a motion was submitted at the City of Toronto Council and with the endorsement of about 50 people and organizations, the motion was approved by the council unanimously. It was finally declared in Canada on October 30, 2018, in the Filipino Heritage Month Act 2017, through the authorship of MP Salma Zahid, Liberal MP, Scarborough Southwest.
In the years before, there have been celebrations in the mall and the Filipino Fiesta. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, organizers resulted to a a vehicle parade in the south and west of Edmonton.
