Customize your ceremony with content translated into dozens of Indigenous and international languages. Includes the Act of Remembrance and Commitment to Remember.
Translated ceremonial readings
Remembrance ceremonies can take many forms. You can follow a traditional order of service or add unique elements to customize your ceremony. Visit the Royal Canadian Legion’s Plan a Remembrance Day Ceremony or our Guide to Commemorative Ceremonies for planning tools, resources and guides.
Use the ceremonial readings below to incorporate languages spoken in your community. You can also include the famous Canadian war poem, In Flanders Fields. It is now available in more than 20 languages!
Act of Remembrance
A Veteran reads the Act of Remembrance during ceremonies to honour the fallen comrades.
- English
- French
- Algonquin
- Arabic
- Atikamekw
- Chinese - simplified
- Chinese - traditional
- Eastern Ojibwe
- Innu
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut South Baffin dialect - Roman orthography
- Inuktitut South Baffin dialect - syllabics
- Michif - French Michif
- Michif - Heritage (Southern) Michif
- Michif - Northern Michif
- Mi'kmaq
- Mohawk
- Oji-Cree
- Plains Cree
- Punjabi
- Tagalog
- Ukrainian
- Western Ojibwe
- Wolastoqey
Commitment to Remember
A youth reads the Commitment to Remember during ceremonies as a promise to remember the sacrifices of those who served Canada.
- English
- French
- Algonquin
- Arabic
- Atikamekw
- Chinese - simplified
- Chinese - traditional
- Eastern Ojibwe
- Innu
- Inuinnaqtun
- Inuktitut South Baffin dialect - Roman orthography
- Inuktitut South Baffin dialect - syllabics
- Michif - French Michif
- Michif - Heritage (Southern) Michif
- Michif - Northern Michif
- Mi'kmaq
- Mohawk
- Oji-Cree
- Plains Cree
- Punjabi
- Tagalog
- Ukrainian
- Western Ojibwe
- Wolastoqey