2019 Ottawa Remembrance Day Ceremonies
/Remembrance Day is a great opportunity to find a ceremony or parade to attend as a family. To help coordinate, here is a list of Remembrance Day events and ceremonies in Ottawa:
Virtual Poppy Drop
This visual display of Remembrance features over 100,000 poppies, one for each of Canada’s Fallen, as they cascade down Centre Block on Parliament Hill; on now, each evening from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. until November 11th at midnight.
Ceremonies on November 11, 2019
Beechwood Cemetery, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa - 10:30 am to noon. Military members of the National Capital Region and their families and friends are invited to observe the Remembrance Day Ceremony at the National Military Cemetery of the Canadian Forces (NMC) on Monday, November 11th, 1030hrs. Military members should be dressed in service dress 1A, issued raincoat, or gabardine & black gloves depending on weather conditions.
Kanata – 11 am at the Village Green Memorial park (where the Cenotaph is located) in Colchester Square. Reception after the ceremony at the Kanata Legion (70 HInes Road)
Manotick Cenotaph – 11 am to noon on Monday, November 11th; located at 1125 Johnston Clapp Lane.
National War Memorial – Tens of thousands of spectators experience the ceremony from all around the National War Memorial so arriving early helps to get a good vantage point. You can also view the ceremony on the jumbo screens set up around the Memorial with numerous speakers broadcasting the audio of the entire ceremony.
From 9:00 – 10:00 am, the Legion's Virtual Wall of Honour and Remembrance will be displayed on these screens. Canadians have been “building” this virtual wall of photographs of Veterans who have now passed. It is a way for all Canadians to pay tribute to their service.
Veterans Parade: Parade makes it way to the National War Memorial for 10:35 am.
Navan – Starts at 10:45 - Navan Cenotaph followed by a light luncheon upstairs in the arena provided by the Navan Lions and Navan Women's Institute.
Orléans – 10:30 to 11 am Royal Canadian Legion (Branch 632) parade and service at the Orleans Cenotaph.
Osgoode – 10:45 am to noon. Royal Canadian Legion (Osgoode Branch 589) parade and service at the Osgoode Cenotaph in front of the Municipal Building.
Richmond – 10:45 am to noon. Royal Canadian Legion (Richmond Branch 625) service on Perth Street near the Richmond Memorial Park.
Stittsville – 1:45 to 2:45 pm Royal Canadian Legion (Stittsville and District Branch 618) parade and service at the Stittsville Cenotaph.
West Carleton – November 9 from 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, the West Carleton Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 616 will host their annual Remembrance Day Parade. The parade forms at the general store on Constance Bay Road at 1 p.m. and leaves from there at 1:30 p.m. travelling down Allbirch Road to the Legion. At the legion there will be a half-hour ceremony at the Branch 616 Cenotaph.
Westboro – 1:30 to 3 pm Royal Canadian Legion (Westboro Branch 480) parade and service at the Westboro Cenotaph.
