Maxville Manor recently announced a significant redevelopment project that will upgrade and expand their long-term care HOME and outreach services to seniors in the community. The estimated $68 million redevelopment project is designed to address the rising demand for high-quality senior care, reduce pressure on the broader healthcare system, and bring Maxville Manor up to the latest health and safety standards. By increasing access to long-term care, this project ensures that vital services will be available for families and their loved ones long into the future.

The 75^th Games may be over but the excitement of the Games returns in next week’s episode of The Amazing Race Canada when the remaining six teams make their way to Maxville and discover some of our Scottish traditions.

The episode airs on Thursday, August 27 at 9 pm on CTV.

The sweltering heat couldn’t keep the crowds away from last weekend’s Glengarry Highland Games 75th Edition. From the opening of the gates on Friday morning to the last notes in the music venues on Saturday night, Games fans celebrated their favourite summer event and their Scottish heritage. The Games organizing committee and the hundreds of volunteers had big smiles on their tired faces as the massed bands completed their performance and left the field.

What do John Diefenbaker, Astronaut Steve MacLean and Jean Beliveau have in common besides the fact that they are Canadian celebrities? They have all been the Official Guests of the Glengarry Highland Games which this year celebrates its 75th edition on August 2 and 3 in Maxville, Ontario. They have been joined over the years by more than a million fans that have made the trek to one of North America’s largest celtic events.

This year’s 75th edition is shaping up to be one of the best with two full days of piping and drumming, highland dancing, Scottish fiddle and the best in celtic entertainment. To add to the excitement of the celebration of this 75th milestone, the Games has added a few special touches to this year’s lineup.

When the Glengarry Highland Games first started in 1948 it was a one day Saturday event that became more successful than its founders ever dreamed. Like all things that flourish, that one day event grew over the years to become two full days on Friday and Saturday of everything Scottish as well as a Golf tournament on Wed and a Tartan Ball on Thursday.

Saturday is still the main day for the Games with highlights like the North American Pipe Band Championships™, the Professional Heavy Events and the famed massed pipe bands, but Friday holds its own with a full slate of events capped by the outstanding Friday night Tattoo.

For this year’s 75th edition, Friday will be a jam-packed day of traditional Games events plus a few exciting highlights that you don’t want to miss.

The Glengarry Highland Games is celebrating its 75th edition on August 2 & 3 in a big way with lots of special events. One of those was a “Compose A Tune” contest open to anyone to write either a lively march suitable for both bagpipes and violins or a commemorative song. There were thirty-five submissions for the March competition. The winning March was composed by Mike Dupuis, a piper with the New Scotland Pipe Band from Nova Scotia. Mike now lives in Truro, Nova Scotia but was originally from Martintown in Glengarry County. The runner-up March was composed by Alana MacPhail Morris from Ottawa but originally from Loch Garry in Glengarry County. Her father was Allan MacPhail, a well-known fiddler at the Games and founder of the Glengarry Strathspey and Reel Society.

Nearly 10,000 people inundated Maxville for the first Glengarry Highland Games in 1948. The organizers had hoped for a few thousand in their attempt to revitalize the Scottish traditions and sports in Glengarry. The grounds were overflowing with people, the vendors were quickly sold out, and villagers and local farmers handed out food and water. The pipers and dancers performed surrounded by swarms of people vying to get a good view. When Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King’s car entered the field it could hardly make progress through the throngs. All in all, the first Games were a resounding success.

When the Glengarry Highland Games comes to mind, the first thought is about the pipe bands and the amazing massed bands. One of the second things is most likely the heavy events where athletes wow the audience with their awesome skills of strength.

This year for the 75th edition of the Games, the heavy events will be even more exciting as strongmen from around the world descend upon Maxville for the 43rd Scottish Heavy Events World Championships to be held Saturday, August 2 starting at 9am.

From astronauts to Prime Ministers, each year the Glengarry Highland Games welcomes a Canadian celebrity to officially open their premier celtic event. This year the Games are delighted to have one of their own fittingly officiate as their Guest of Honour.

When the crowds start flooding the gates of this year’s Glengarry Highland Games on August 2 & 3, they will be following in the footsteps of thousands of fans who have made this festival one of the most popular in Eastern Ontario and one of the premier celtic events in North America.

Just as you prepare for your Spring Break travels, it’s time again – time for the ‘Where in the World is our Glengarry Scot?’ Contest!

The Contest is simple - Send in a photo of an individual or group with the iconic Glengarry Highland Games logo to media@glengarryhighlandgames.com*. This year for our 75th edition of the Games we are adding a little twist – every photo entered must have a “75” displayed in the shot. We can only imagine how creatively these 75s will appear.

Amazing! Awesome! Fantastic! Magical! All these words were heard describing this year’s Glengarry Highland Games. The weather in a season where warnings have become common, was absolutely perfect with warm temperatures and sunny skies. The crowds kept on coming and coming with a forty-five minute wait at noon hour on Main Street to enter the parking areas.

When you drive into Maxville this week, there are lots of signs that the Games are here. Banners span the road at both ends of the village welcoming everyone to one of the biggest events in Eastern Ontario. On the Games site, the huge tents are up, the grass is a plush green carpet, flags are flying and a crew of busy volunteers is putting the finishing touches to make the fairgrounds sparkle.

The Glengarry Highland Games and the Maxville Manor have had a special relationship for many years. Every year, the Official Party including our special guest, visit the Manor to bring the spirit of the Games to the residents who are unable to be with us at the fairgrounds. For many of those residents, the Games were a big part of their lives and the annual visit by the Games Official Party is a real highlight for them.

Over 200 years ago when the first Scottish settlers came to Glengarry, for sure there were a few treasured fiddles among their scant possessions and that’s where it all began. Any dance, funeral, wedding and social event would undoubtedly have one or two fiddlers who would keep the music going all day and night long. In the 1970s, the sound of the fiddle was getting less frequently heard until a small group of Glengarrians got together to form the Glengarry Strathspey and Reel Society with the goal of reviving and enhancing the playing of the celtic fiddle in Glengarry. Their success can be measured in the numerous fiddlers playing today in the counties and beyond, and in a style that is unique – the Glengarry style.

We’re looking for some volunteers to work the gates on Friday, August 4, 2023. There are two shifts, one from 8:00am-12:00pm and another from 12:00pm-4:00pm.

While the pipes are the main attraction for many at the Glengarry Highland Games, for others it’s the celtic entertainment that draws them to Maxville to enjoy the best in local bands and an added mix of groups from across North America. This year’s Games entertainment lineup will keep that promise and fill the site with great tunes on August 4 and 5.

Across North America, pipe bands are preparing for their trek to Maxville and the Glengarry Highland Games this August 4 and 5. The Games are home to the North American Pipe Band Championships™ and this year the competition brings together three previous champions to vie for that prestigious title leading up to the World’s Championship in Glasgow, Scotland.

One of the popular sights at each Glengarry Highland Games held in Maxville, Ontario, is the red serge of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as they lead the Official Party onto the infield during the Games Opening Ceremonies. This year there will be many more sightings of that fabled uniform as the Games salutes the RCMP on its 150th Anniversary. In 2023, the RCMP is marking 150 years of service to the public and to the security of our country. The RCMP has been an iconic Canadian institution since 1873 and their red serge uniform is synonymous with Canada and is recognized around the world. It is the national police service of Canada, with a team of over 19,000 police officers across the country and is unique in the world, providing policing services at the international, federal, provincial and municipal levels. Members serve in communities from coast-to-coast-to-coast, keeping Canada and Canadians safe.

The Glengarry Highland Games is seeking businesses and organizations to advertise in the annual souvenir program. Advertisement costs range from $100 to $700.