The Royal Canadian Legion’s Virtual Wall of Honour and Remembrance is a photo montage of Canadian Veterans who have served and sacrificed for the freedoms we enjoy today. Bow your head, stand still, reflect and honour veterans in this meditation of gratitude and peace. This is the most sacrosanct element of Remembrance Day. The exceptions are: Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec. It is not a statutory holiday in all Canadian provinces. Great Britain observes Remembrance Sunday on the second Sunday of November on November 9 this year. In the United States it is referred to as Veteran’s Day. Remembrance Day is also called Armistice Day in other countries, in and out, of the Commonwealth. On November 11, 1918, at 11 o’clock, Paris, France time, the Armistice, between Germany and the Allies, was signed to mark the end of the Great War, World War I. Why do we pay homage on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month? To avoid making a faux-pas, while honouring our heroes, here are the facts, dos and don’ts of Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day, is our national day to show respect to the devotion of the 1,500,000 Canadian men and women who have served and the more than 100,000 who have been sacrificed, to foster peace in all international conflicts since the First World War.įor over 100 years now, every November 11th, Canada and other nations around the globe, commemorate the day the Armistice of the First World War was signed.