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Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
Toronto's November farm fair, held since 1922, with Canada's national dairy and beef shows under one roof.
Cattle at Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, known as the Royal, was first held in Toronto in 1922 and now fills the Exhibition Place halls for ten days each November. It describes itself as the largest combined indoor agricultural and equestrian show in the world, and its dairy and beef classes are among the most important in Canada. Breeders bring the best of their herds after the summer fairs, and the national championships of several dairy breeds are decided there. Visitors also see butter sculpture, giant vegetables, sheep and goat classes, the horse show, and a hall of farm produce from across the country.
The breeds
Also part of it, and being written: Canadienne cattle (Canada's own heritage dairy breed.).
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Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Holstein Friesian: Vista Alegre baserria, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Ayrshire: Biggle, Jacob., Public domain, source
- Speckle Park: Seerig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jersey: Man vyi, Public domain, source