Heavily armed police, surveillance cameras and undercover officers will be strategically placed throughout the event and a barricade will be positioned around the party to thwart any attempted attacks by vehicles, Douglas-Cook said.
These security measures come as a national security memo obtained by CTV News warns that ISIS “explicitly named Canada” as a potential target after the Manchester attack in May.
ISIS has warned Muslims to avoid markets and public gatherings in Canada, and threatened to use “explosives, vehicles and beheadings to kill crusaders,” according to the memo.