‘We all work together’: Canadians new and otherwise gather at Mel Lastman Square

This year was Toshi Kaushik’s first Canada Day and it reaffirmed her and her husband’s decision to raise their two daughters here: it’s a mosaic of different cultures and backgrounds.

“You can be you here, and the variety of people around you make your world all the more richer,” said Kaushik, who immigrated from India three months ago and joined the red-and-white-clad crowd filling Mel Lastman Square on Monday.

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Toshi Kaushik and her husband Shashi Kaushik were celebrating their first Canada Day with daughters Sanskriti, 5, and Vindhyaa, 13.

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Tao Cai and his two-year-old daughter Ada.

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Hakim Rezakhalaj, left, and Hilton Milan celebrated Canada Day at Mel Lastman Square in Willowdale.

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Helen Shumilova and her family.

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