🇨🇦 Canada · 2017 · 🎉 Parties & trips
Canada turned 150. Ontario helped bring a six-storey rubber duck.
💸 Guess, then reveal the price
C$120,000 provincial grant
Canada’s national bird is the loon. Close enough.
What actually happened
The duck cost about $200,000 in total for the Redpath Waterfront Festival’s Ontario tour; roughly $120,000 came from an Ontario grant, the rest from sponsors. The festival said the duck drew big crowds.
Source: Travelweek ↗ · Amount in original currency, not adjusted for inflation. An unusual cost is not automatically waste; see how we check the facts.