Why Toronto? They only got one parade. I'd thought you'd be familiar with the two or eight ! closer to home. Perhaps you are and just didn't want to mention it. But then one shouldn't assume.
Australian Celebrations
Although it is held in February or March rather than June, one of the world's largest gay and lesbian pride events is Sydney's Mardi Gras celebration, which attracts more overseas visitors than any heterosexual event.
The festival traces its origins to a gay pride rally in 1978, staged in solidarity with the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Freedom Day celebrations. At the small 1978
rally, fifty-three persons were arrested.
One measure of the progress of the Australian equal rights movement is that Sydney's Mardi Gras is now a month-long cultural event. The centerpiece of the celebration, the parade, is televised nationally and attracts from 500,000 to 750,000 participants.
All six Australian states also have annual gay and lesbian pride events. The Australian Lesbian Festival, held in a different state each year, has also become an annual
event.
" If the Sydney, Australia Gay Mardi Gras Parade is the largest and best in the world and rates as number ten, Toronto must be a two. "
http://digitalqueeries.905host.net/files/edarchive2003_06.htm
If you believe that Snowyman perhaps you should visit one of those marches and try taking your clothes off and marching Toronto style.