Our 2025 Community Partners

One Celtic Community...TOGETHER

Hamilton Irish Arts

https://www.hamiltonirisharts.ca/

Hamilton Irish Arts is a non-profit organization committed to bringing to Hamilton the Music, Dance and Language of Ireland.

HIA is a Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (pronounced coal-tis kyol-tory air-in)

Join us at one of our many Céilí dances, Concerts, Music workshops, Irish events, Irish language Lessons, at our weekly Traditional Irish Music session. Right now our sessions are from 7:00pm to 9:30 at the Corktown Irish Pub (Tuesdays).

Burlington Welsh Chorus

https://www.burlingtonwelsh.com/

We sing—in keeping with the tradition of Welsh four-part male choirs—with a style and repertoire that ranges from Welsh folk songs and hymns, to opera choruses, spirituals, and Broadway musical numbers.

Scots of Canada

www.scotscanada.ca

We are an association of clan/family heritage groups, societies, festivals, and businesses dedicated to supporting Scottish culture and heritage in Canada and around the world. As a federally registered non-profit charity in Canada, we welcome membership from organizations aligned with our mission, regardless of their location. Approximately 43% of our 105 members are based outside of Canada.

Oakville Celtic Fiddle Orchestra

https://www.danmacdonald.org/ocfo

The Oakville Celtic Fiddle Orchestra (OCFO) is a proud program of the Academy of Music in Oakville Ontario.

Since 2006 the OCFO has provided a fun and encouraging atmosphere to fiddlers, violinists, guitarist, flautists, and bodhrán players to learn and perform Celtic music from Scotland, Ireland, and Cape Breton Island. The OCFO is open to all musicians and music students age 12+. Beginners welcome!

The objectives of the TCA are to preserve Cornish heritage, and to stimulate interest in Cornish traditions, local history, genealogy and culture. The Toronto Cornish Association has been meeting since 1994, and is part of a larger network of Cornish-interest organizations across the world.

We’re Toronto Welsh, a volunteer-driven group dedicated to celebrating Welsh culture in Toronto. With roots going back to the St. David’s Society of Canada, founded in 1887, we aim to build on a longstanding and prominent Welsh presence in the city.

Celtic Studies is a renowned, interdisciplinary program that focuses on the rich history, mythology, literature, politics, languages, and culture of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The program is open to all undergraduates in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto.Celtic Studies attracts visiting professors from across the world, is home to a very popular speaker series, and hosts numerous co-curricular events centred around language, sport, food, and culture.

The Goggin-Stewart School of Irish Dance (founded in 2023 after having operated as Goggin-Carroll from 2003-2023 and Goggin School from 1991-2003) offers both recreational and competitive Irish dance programs for children and young adults in Oakville, London, and St. Thomas, Ontario. The instructors of Goggin-Stewart are committed to providing quality Irish dance programs that will teach coordination, goal-setting, discipline and personal responsibility, while improving a dancer's self-esteem and enhancing their social and physical development.

Sheryl is a teacher with the Toronto District School Board and has run her dance studio for over 25 years. She has trained many excellent dancers who have won first place in the Ontario, Canadian, North American, Commonwealth and Scottish championships. Eight of her students have placed in the top six at the World Championships with two of her dancers winning the title of Junior World Champion in 2003 and 2013. Sheryl is an active member of ScotDance Ontario and currently Past-President.

Located in Mississauga, the Michaela Hinds Academy of Irish Dance is a dance school dedicated to teaching the art of Irish dance to students of all ages and skill levels. Founded by the esteemed Irish dancer Michaela Hinds, the academy offers a range of classes in traditional Irish step dance, ceili dancing, and performance opportunities.

We are an inclusive dance group specializing in a variety of Scottish traditional and contemporary dances.
Classes happen in Toronto and online for students from 4 yrs to adult. No experience necessary at any age, and welcome those dancers returning the the sport they love after a life break.

Toronto GAA is the governing body of adult and youth Gaelic football, hurling, and camogie in the Greater Toronto Area. We are a divisional board under Canada GAA.

The ST. Patrick's Parade Society of Toronto is committed to celebrating Irish heritage, embracing cultural diversity, and strengthening Toronto’s civic spirit. Our mission is to create inclusive events that build community, honour tradition, and welcome all.