In 2018, the counties of Glengarry introduced an important innovation to the kilt skate phenomenon. For the first time, a skate was held in an indoor arena, combined with a social full of music, food and beverages and lots of fellowship in the warmth of an arena hall. Glengarry kept the event indoors again in 2019, and within a few days, a video of the skating had 200,000 likes on Facebook.
Read MoreThe Glengarry counties (North and South) are branded “the Celtic Heart of Ontario.” It wasn’t hard to see why on Saturday, February 23, when about 150 kilted and tartaned enthusiasts showed up at Maxville and District Sports Complex. A piper and drummer took to the ice.
Read MoreThere are several communities in Canada that take particular pride in their Scottish heritage. You'll find them from Cape Breton in Nova Scotia, to Red River in Manitoba, to the Alberta city whose name in Gaelic means "clear running water" -- Calgary. But across a nation that is sometimes described as "the Scotland of North America," you'd be hard-pressed to find a community with fiercer pride in its Scottish roots than Eastern Ontario.
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across canada, communities host kilt skates to celebrate scotland’s contribution to our multicultural fabric.
