Star Tribune · Jun 17, 2019
Huge crowds pack downtown Toronto for Raptors parade
TORONTO — Jubilant Raptors fans decked out in team gear are jamming downtown Toronto for a parade for the NBA champions.
Crowds packed the route and the square outside City Hall where the march is to end in the afternoon. Fans, many skipping school and work, filled the streets and subways as early as 7 a.m.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to attend briefly. Mayor John Tory declared Monday "We The North Day" in Toronto, after the NBA champions' slogan.
Some 1.5 million are expected to be at the parade. The Raptors are traveling in open-air double-decker buses with the NBA championship trophy.