Places of Pride celebrates the spaces and places across the country that in some way shaped the present and can inspire the future. It highlights the resilience, courage and achievements of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities that have contributed to Canada’s ongoing journey toward inclusivity and equality.

Good to know

Each booklet of 8 Permanent™ domestic rate stamps in the Places of Pride (2026) stamp issue includes two of each of the four designs in the set.
Official First Day Covers for each design in the issue are also available. These products are sold separately.

About the issue

Places of Pride takes us to sites across Canada that 2SLGBTQIA+ people fought to make their own: places of celebration and freedom to be fully oneself, and spaces that nurtured a sense of solidarity that became a catalyst for change

The 519, the first City of Toronto community centre run by and for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

Metamorphosis, a festival in Saskatoon considered to be the first celebration of queer culture in Western Canada.

Vancouver’s Little Sister’s Book & Art Emporium, which fought a landmark case to protect 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Turret, a Halifax hub for social, political and cultural life from 1976 to 1982.

About the design

This issue, designed by Kelly Small at Intents & Purposes Inc. and illustrated by Tim Singleton, captures four landmark locations in rich colour illustration. Each stamp captures a moment that played a role in advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ rights or recognition.

Product # 414315111

Places of Pride (2026): Booklet of 8 Permanent™ stamps