The Heritage Fair program actively involves Canada's young people, schools, businesses and community organizations in a contemporary celebration of Canada's shared traditions and history. The primary focus of the Sudbury Regional Heritage Fair is to encourage students to use any chosen medium to tell stories and share information about local heroes and events, and to provide avenues for students to present the results of their efforts to the
community at large.

Throughout the fair students and teachers will participate in workshops and view stage performances offered by local organizations to learn more about their history and contributions to our local heritage. Some of the participants include singing groups, martial arts, dance groups, spoken-word and story-tellers, musical groups and representatives from many of Sudbury's rich ethnic communities.

Also on display during the fair are students' visual projects as either static tabletop displays or performance presentations. Created by local students from grade 4 to 10, these projects promote a local heritage theme of the students' choosing and may be submitted in either French or English. Popular project themes include the history of a particular local business or institution, local service groups, the local Girl Guide or Boy Scout movement, aspects of the mining and pulp and paper industry, and many more.