Five platforms, one council.

Each initiative runs as its own festival with its own audience, its own team and in most cases its own website. This is the overview.

Authors, poets and readers exploring the literatures of Canada, India and the diaspora. Now in its third chapter.

Toronto · theclf.ca

Canada's defining Diwali celebration and the country's largest free festival of light, held at Mississauga Celebration Square.

10 and 11 October 2026 · Mississauga

Canada's largest Diwali culinary celebration. Five festival districts turning food into an immersive cultural experience.

9 to 11 October 2026 · Mississauga

Classic Indian cinema read as literature's continuation. Landmark adaptations revisited on their anniversary years.

4 to 11 October 2026 · Toronto