With over 40 years of combined working experience in the Toronto Harbour boat cruise industry, our team of professional, dedicated and courteous staff promise to create an event you won’t soon forget.
Whether your function is a private party, business affair, or a wedding we'll work with you to create the mood of your choice. Be it a black tie affair or simply casual, you can rest assured that your event will be a success with Harlequin Cruises.
We believe that every cruise is unique in its own way and we are here to assist you in customizing your event. Our popular Mardi Gras theme cruise comes complete with live jazz band, mock casino with prizes, masks, beads, Cajun menu and decorations. Other theme cruises can also be arranged.
Harlequin Cruises has also played a significant role in helping numerous Charitable/Non-profit organizations in their fundraising efforts and continues to do so. Some of the organizations we worked with and helped to raise funds for in the past year include:
International Boat Show's Children's Charities, Canadian Center for Abuse Awareness, The Edmund Yu Safe House Project (Parkdale Community Recreation Center), Red Meets Pink Foundation (Breast Cancer/AIDS), United Way, Salvation Army, Ethiopian Orthodox Church, The Company of Master Mariners Foundation, Crosspoint Christian Reform Church, Easter Seals, Mississauga Lions Club and the York Regional Firefighter Calendar Boys who raise money for Breast Cancer and York Region Hospitals.
Kathie Rogers, President and CEO of Harlequin Cruises, has been involved with and dedicated to the well being of the Toronto Harbour Community from an early age. Kathie has been an active member of the Company of Master Mariners since 1995, has been on the board of directors for the Canadian Passenger Vessel Association (CPVA) for over 10 years, and was one of the founding members of the Toronto Marine Emergency Response Committee (TMERC). After resigning as the President of Nautical Adventures, Kathie took over ownership of the River Gambler in 2001, and became President of Harlequin Cruises Inc. Kathie’s invaluable efforts in maintaining and strengthening Toronto’s waterfront community are unparalleled. With over 25 years of intimate knowledge and experience of the seaways, harbor community and cruise line industry, Kathie remains one of the most respected members of our waterfront neighborhood.