During Veterans Week, and throughout the year, there are many big and small things you can do to honour our Veterans and remember their sacrifices in the defence of peace and freedom in Canada and around the world.
Organize an event
Are you looking for information on how to organize a commemorative event or ceremony?
Events like these help pass on the tradition of remembrance and are important ways to show our appreciation to Veterans and their families.
Guide to commemorative services
This guide offers ideas and resources for organizing a commemorative ceremony.
Guide for a candlelight ceremony
This resource offers information on organizing an outdoor ceremony at a cemetery or memorial.
Remembrance Day and Veterans Week
Wear a poppy
The poppy is the most common symbol of remembrance today and the Poppy Campaign is one of the Legion’s most important programs.
The Poppy Campaign begins on the last Friday in October and continues until November 11.
Stay informed
Visit our Remembrance Day and Veterans Week page to learn more about this year’s poster, events and related information.
Wall of honour and remembrance
As a way to honour and remember relatives and friends who have served Canada, you can send a photograph of a deceased Veteran to the Legion to be included in their annual display for Remembrance Day.
Social media
Share
Show your support using your favourite social media channel. You could share personal pictures, poems or other creative writing that honour our Veterans.
Follow us
You can also follow us on our social media platforms. Like and share our posts with your followers to help spread the word about Remembrance Day, Veterans Week and other commemorative events.
Thank a Veteran
Write the troops
Let a Canadian Armed Forces members know you appreciate their service by sending them a message of thanks and appreciation.
Send a card or valentine
Write to a Veteran or a Canadian Armed Forces member. You can send them a digital thank you card or take part in a Valentines for Veterans project.
In the classroom
Guest speaker
Looking for a Veteran or Canadian Armed Forces member to speak at your school or community group? There is no better way to help young people understand what it is like to serve in the cause of peace and freedom than to hear from someone who has done so personally.
Lesson plans
We have hundreds of lesson plans to help your students learn about the sacrifices and heroism of our Canadian Armed Forces in the defense of peace and freedom, both in Canada and around the world.
Contests for students
The Legion invites students to honour Canada’s Veterans and foster the tradition of remembrance through annual contests for art, writing, and video creation.
Fact sheet
Ways to remember
More ways
Garden of Remembrance
What better way is there to say thank you than with flowers? Long a symbol of powerful emotions, flowers also represent important moments in our history.
Photo gallery
A member of the Canadian Armed Forces holds the Eagle Staff during a ceremony on Indigenous Veterans Day, November 8, 2017. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada.
A Canadian youth delivers a presentation on a fallen soldier during a ceremony at Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Normandy, France. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Canadian youth gather for a candlelight tribute ceremony near Beaumont-Hamel, France. Photo: Veterans Affairs Canada.
Newfoundland soldier holding forget-me-nots.
Planting a Canadian flag at each grave marker at the Passchendale New British Cemetery, Belgium.