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* * V-E Day and V-J Day
The End of World War II in Toronto, 1945		 *
   
 
   
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Chinese men in front of a storefront hold up newspapers

Premature V-J Day celebrations
August 12, 1945
Photographer: John H. Boyd
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1266, Item 98337

False news reports of a Japanese surrender were released on August 12, causing V-J Day celebrations to break out a few days early.

  
   


People read and hold up newspapers with the headline PEACE AT LAST

V-J Day celebrations
August 14, 1945
Photographer: John H. Boyd
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1266, Item 98390
  
   


People crowded into the back of a pickup truck cheer and wave large Union Jacks.

V-J Day celebrations
August 14, 1945
Photographer: John H. Boyd
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1266, Item 98388
  
   


People stand and sit on and around the Cenotaph.

V-J Day celebrations
August 14, 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1667, Item 13
  
   


A Chinese woman stands on a parade float surrounded by flags

Chinese victory parade
August 26, 1945
Photographer: John H. Boyd
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1266, Item 98601


The street is lined with Chinese businesses and crowded with people.

V-J Day celebration, Elizabeth Street
August 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 257, Series A, Item 229
 
   


Womrn in uniforms march in formation past saluting officers.

Canadian Women’s Army Corps
marching past reviewing stand on University Avenue
during official V-J Day ceremony
August 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1667, Item 2

  
   


Sailors march in formation along Queen Street.

Detachment of Royal Canadian Navy
marching past the Cenotaph at Old City Hall
during official V-J Day ceremony
August 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1667, Item 15

  
   


Crowd and armed forces personnel in formation seen from above.

Official V-J Day ceremony at the Cenotaph at Old City Hall
August 1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1667, Item 3
 
   


A crowd covered the area in front of Old City Hall. A sign on the City Hall shows a soldier and his family, and the words Bring Them Back to Happiness.

Crowd in front of Old City Hall
1945
City of Toronto Archives
Fonds 1667, Item 8
  
     
   


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