Posted November 11, 2026 8:23 am

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A Lest We Forget bracelet is pictured atop poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Solider following Remembrance Day service at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby.

Canadians across the country are marking Remembrance Day, honouring those who died in military service.

The National Remembrance Day ceremony is being held at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa, where Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to attend at 10:45 a.m. Eastern.

The ceremony will begin with a veterans’ march, followed by the arrival of various dignitaries including the Speakers of the House of Commons and the Senate, the minister of veterans affairs, the chief of the defence staff, the Silver Cross Mother and the governor general, who will receive the vice-regal salute and inspect the assembled troops for the commemoration.

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Global News will be streaming special live coverage of the national ceremony here.

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The marching contingent is scheduled to form up at 10:10 a.m. Eastern, with the step off scheduled at 10:30 a.m.

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The ceremony will conclude with the veterans’ march-past at 11:30 a.m. Eastern.

More to come.

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Source: Global News · Uday Rana

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