Canada will observe Remembrance Day on Tuesday with events being held across the country, honouring the country’s veterans and marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War.
The National Remembrance Day ceremony will be held at the National War Memorial in snowy downtown Ottawa, where temperatures have dropped below freezing.
The ceremony will begin with a veterans’ march, followed by the arrival of various dignitaries.
Global News will stream special live coverage of the national ceremony here starting at 10:30 a.m. eastern.
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The marching contingent is scheduled to form up at 10:10 a.m. eastern, with the march lasting until 10:30 a.m. Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to arrive at the ceremony at 10:45 a.m. eastern, according to his public itinerary.
After the singing of Canada’s national anthem, the gathering will observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m.
The ceremony will also include prayers, a 21-gun salute and placing of the wreaths, and a fly-past by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
It will also include the singing of the British national anthem, God Save the King, since Canada fought in both World Wars as part of the British Empire.
The ceremony will conclude at 11:30 a.m. with the veterans’ march past.
The 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War comes as the number of surviving veterans continues to dwindle.
Veterans Affairs Canada said it estimates that as of this year, there are 3,691 surviving Canadian veterans — 667 women and 3,024 men, according to The Canadian Press.
Veterans Affairs also believes the number of living veterans from the Korean War is 1,909. Previously, it did not separate the numbers from the two wars under the government’s War Service Veteran population statistics, saying in 2024 that it believed there were some 7,300.
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National Remembrance Day ceremony to mark 80 years since WWII
