There was plenty of high-spirited fun at Canada Day celebrations at home and at similar events around the world, as Canadians gathered to celebrate the country's 144th birthday on Friday.
An ever-growing crowd of people in Ottawa congregated to catch a glimpse of this year's guests of honour, the newly married Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
RCMP estimated that 300,000 people were on and around Parliament Hill to catch a glimpse of Prince William and wife KateSecurity officials opened the barricades to Parliament's West Lawn after a flag-raising and changing of the guard ceremony around 10 a.m. ET, two hours before the royal couple arrived.
The weather was picture-perfect in Ottawa, with temperatures near 30 C.
In addition to the usual Canada Day hats and T-shirts, downtown souvenir stands were even selling a replica of Kate's engagement ring, which once belonged to William's mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. On this Canada Day, she would have marked her 50th birthday.
There was no RCMP musical ride this year, to accommodate the large crowd
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