In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row…
This year, Remembrance Day takes on added significance as it marks the 100th Anniversary of the Armistice to end WWI, signed on November 11, 1918.
Here’s a look at what’s happening in Vancouver…
National Aboriginal Veterans Day
Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:45am – 3pm
Aboriginal veterans will hold a ceremony at the Victory Square Cenotaph on November 8.
A march will get underway at the Carnegie Centre at 10:45am and proceed to Victory Square for a wreath laying ceremony at 11am.
This will be followed by a reception at the Aboriginal Friendship Centre located 1607 East Hastings from noon to 3pm.
Location Carnegie Centre, 401 Main St, Vancouver
Remembrance Day ceremony and parade
Sunday, November 11, 2018, 10am
Remembrance Day ceremony and parade
Ceremony program
The program at Victory Square begins with a performance by the Vancouver Bach Youth Choir and Sarabande starting at 10am.
At 10:10am veterans, military marching units, and bands will be led to Victory Square by the Vancouver Flag Party for the cenotaph ceremony starting at 10:30am.
Shortly afterward, there will be a combined performance by Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services and the Regimental Pipes and Drums of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
At 11am the Last Post will be sounded. There will be Two Minutes of Silence, during which a 21-gun salute by the 15th Field Artillery Regiment will be heard from Portside Park. Lament and Rouse will follow. The Royal Canadian Air Force will conduct a fly-past moments later, weather permitting.
The enduring In Flanders Fields will then be sung by the Bach Youth Choir and Sarabande and wreaths will be placed at the Cenotaph.
Parade route
The Remembrance Day parade will begin once the ceremony finishes. Participants will march west along Hastings past the reviewing stand between Homer and Richards, turning right at Richards, east on Cordova, then south on Cambie.
The veterans’ section of the parade will march Route 1, marching west along Hastings Street past the reviewing stand and disperse.
Additional Remembrance Day observances
9am: Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, 3811 Point Grey Rd (can be viewed from Hastings Mill Park)
10:30am: Memorial South Park Cenotaph, 41st Ave and Windsor St
10:40am: Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park
10:45am: Grandview Park, 1200 block of Commercial Drive
12:30pm: Chinatown Memorial, Keefer at Columbia streets
Free parking for Veterans
Vehicles displaying BC veteran licence plates are exempt from parking fees for Veterans Week, November 4 to 11, 2017 at:
City of Vancouver parking meters
EasyPark parkade and surface lots
In all parks and community centres in Vancouver
Free bike valet service
Those riding a bike to the ceremony are encouraged to take advantage of the free bike valet service located at 250 West Pender St (between Hamilton and Cambie streets) on the north plaza of Vancouver Community College. The free bike valet service is from 9:30am to 12:30pm.
Location Cenotaph at Victory Square
West Hastings Street at West Hastings Street and Cambie Street
