The CNE Air Show has roared over the city this weekend. Here’s why Torontonians aren’t happy about it

While the Air Show might be a time-honoured tradition in Toronto, some have grown fed up with the noise produced by the aircrafts.Here’s how Torontonians are reacting to the noise.

As anyone living near downtown Toronto will be able to tell you, the CNE Air Show has been taking place this weekend.

A major part of the CNE, the Air Show is a demonstration in which professional pilots take to the skies to perform stunts and synchronized maneuvers using specialty aircrafts. The show, now in its 74th year, serves as a finale to the CNE, with planes blazing across the sky at low heights for over three hours per day in the lead-up to Labour Day.

While the Air Show might be a time-honoured tradition in Toronto, some have grown fed up with the noise produced by the aircrafts. One Toronto Twitter user logged the noise at a maximum of 110 dBZ, comparable to a police siren or trombone playing for an extended period of time.

Some Toronto-based Twitter users have voiced concerns that the aircraft noise from the Air Show might be triggering for recent refugees and veterans, particularly those fleeing the war in Ukraine.

Here’s how Torontonians are reacting to the noise:

Why does the #CNE #airshow need to happen in downtown Toronto? For a city with such a high numbers of immigrants and refugees fleeing war, this is incredibly triggering 😐

The Toronto air show is such a great allegory for politics right now: no one likes it, no one asked for it, it makes life miserable and yet politicians seem incapable of stopping it.