Huge crowds lined the streets for Toronto's pride parade Sunday as the always colourful gay and lesbian festival took on more of an international flavour this year.

An organizer of Toronto's gay pride festival says this year's event is shaping up to be the biggest one yet.

The final weekend of WorldPride has arrived and it means big business for shops along Yonge Street, where the massive parade will pass on Sunday.

When the WorldPride parade works its way through Toronto streets on Sunday, one of the people leading the way will be Gareth Henry -- a Jamaican LGBT rights activist who came to Canada as a refugee.

For 29-year-old Daniel Pillai it has been a long journey finding his identity as a gay man.

Calgary Flames captain Mark Giordano and teammate Sean Monahan are among those who will be marching in Toronto’s annual Pride Parade this weekend.

Kisses, hugs and tears abounded after dozens of couples exchanged vows at a mass same-sex wedding ceremony in Toronto Thursday.

More than 100 couples exchanged vows today in what's believed to be the largest same-sex mass wedding in North America.

Toronto is host to WorldPride 2014 but there are communities across Ontario, including Port Hope, that are rolling out the red carpet to gay tourists, according to the Discover Gay Ontario travel guide.

How WorldPride has changed from an advertising perspective, and why one expert says it’s more than just bad business not to embrace the festival.