The end of the CNE, complete its deafening jets tearing across the sky, always marks the unofficial conclusion of summer in Toronto. Post-Ex, the night air gets a little cool, kids go back to school, and the weight of existential dread drowns us all. Um, never mind about that last bit. But, about the Ex. What a year it was. With a PR crisis related to the cronut burger, a spiffy new zip line, and a host of time-honoured traditions that make the fair an exercise in ongoing nostalgia, it makes it difficult to summarize the event in one go. Thankfully, we have the help of our followers, who by tagging their Ex photos with #cneblogto, have contributed to a wonderful visual overview of this year's event. Below are 30 highlights from the 2013 CNE.
Check out the entire collection of colourful Ex photos in our streams section.
THE FOOD
The notorious cronut burger by blogto
Lumberjack poutine by patrickrea416
Dirty ice cream by blogto
Lobster roles and poutine by rebelology
Waffle ice cream sandwich by sergeyszest
The colossal onion by sarz987
THE MIDWAY
Photo by winniehoang88
Photo by melanieb_cdn
Photo by hanz_schmidt
Photo by cboliphoto
Photo by kmaltz25
Photo by blogto
Photo by shellche
THE RIDES
Photo by rebelofthefuture
Photo by acardarelli86
Photo by adds29
Photo by comeshot
Photo by gummyting
Photo by stephcanarte
Photo by terrylevine
Photo by terrylevine
Photo by tonoariki
THE REST OF IT
Photo by adds29
Photo by rebelology
Photo by eddbot
Photo by whyilovetoronto
Photo by patrickrea416
Lead photo by winniehoang88