The Pan American Games Torch Relay will start the page, on Saturday with a parade through downtown Toronto and forth.
The Toronto 2015 Pan American Games Torch Relay, which will last until the start of the Games on July 10, 130 municipalities, including major Canadian cities such as Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver will be visiting.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield be retired under the torchbearers through Toronto.
A total of around 3,000 people, the torch during the relay, which will carry out more than 5000 km on the ground and 15,000 kilometers in the air cover.
The relay will return to Toronto on July 5 to cover more of the city ahead of the Games.
Saturday also marked the arrival of the torch on Canadian soil after being set on fire in Mexico, where the last Games were held.
Toronto route of the torch
Route starts from Saturday at Harbourfront Centre at 14:30 clock ET and runs east along Queens Quay and Yonge Street Front Street by the Distillery District.
Astronaut Hadfield is believed that the burner should work in the Distillery District around 16:00
The Distillery District is organizing a Pan Am relay the torch public holidays from 1 to 18 hours
The Pan American Games are the third international multi-sport games in the world after the Summer Olympic Games and Asian Games.
More than 7,000 athletes from all over America and the Caribbean are in 36 sports at the Pan American and Parapan measure 15 sports.
The Parapan own torch relay on August 3, lit two flames - one in Ottawa and one in Niagara Falls - 3 August, the two flames travel along the coast Trail Lake Ontario for five days before moving to Toronto.
CBC is the official broadcaster of the Games. For full coverage of the Pan Am before and during the Games, visit panam.cbc.ca or see CBC Television. You can also follow us on Twitter to #CBCPanAm.
The journey of the flame of Pan Am started the Avenue of the Dead in Teotihuacan, Mexico, May 25, 2015 https://t.co/kCQJey26qP
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