About

Our Story

St. Margaret’s Bay Pride began in 2025 with a small group of friends brainstorming ways to build more queer community and address rising hate locally and abroad. From there it grew into a group of over 15 community members, who organized the first annual Pride festival in St. Margaret’s Bay.

Today, we are a volunteer-based community organization working year-round to make St. Margaret’s Bay a more welcoming and inclusive place to live, work, and play.

Our Work

  • Celebrate Pride and community by hosting the annual Bay Pride festival each July

  • Increase 2SLGBTQIA+ visibility and belonging by creating opportunities for queer and trans people to see themselves reflected and welcomed in the community

  • Build community year-round through social programming that build connection and support across the local 2SLGBTQIA+ community and its allies

  • Advance inclusion through education to help local businesses, organizations, and community members create more welcoming spaces

  • Build partnerships and community capacity by working with local organizations to strengthen inclusion

Our Structure

We are a volunteer-based organization with a loose structure. Each year, we assemble a core team and group of volunteers to organize the Pride festival. We welcome any 2SLGBTQIA+ individual or ally living or working in St. Margaret’s Bay to join us!

We are not incorporated and do not have a Board of Directors. Our operations are managed by our fiscal sponsor, the Rural Communities Foundation of Nova Scotia, a registered charity and public foundation.

Our Supporters

Our Impact

We are immensely grateful to collaborate with many community partners and local businesses to host the annual Pride festival. Please see the Festival page to view our festival partners and sponsors.

Check out our 2025-26 Impact Report below!