Remembrance Day is this Sunday and thousands of residents across Greater Victoria will mark the occasion by attending local ceremonies.

ItB次元官网网址檚 a tradition that started 100 years ago. As a Commonwealth nation, Remembrance Day in Canada commemorates its members of the armed forces who served their country and those who have died in the line of duty. They have been memorialized on this date since 1918, signifying the end of the First World War.

Remembrance Day ceremonies in Greater Victoria:

9 a.m.

B次元官网网址� Aboriginal Remembrance Day ceremony, Goldstream Provincial Park, Langford

9:10 a.m.

B次元官网网址� Veterans Cemetery, GodB次元官网网址檚 Acre, Esquimalt

10 a.m.

B次元官网网址� Afghanistan Memorial, 847-887 Courtney St., Victoria

10:30 a.m.

B次元官网网址� Royal Roads UniversityB次元官网网址檚 Italian Garden, 2005 Sooke Rd., Colwood

B次元官网网址� Pioneer Park, 1209 Clarke Rd. (new location and cenotaph), Central Saanich

10:45 a.m.

B次元官网网址� March from the Metchosin Fire Hall to Saint Mary the Virgin Heritage Church, 4354 Metchosin Rd.

10:55 a.m.

B次元官网网址� City of Victoria Cenotaph, legislative assembly grounds, 501 Belleville St.

B次元官网网址� Esquimalt Memorial Park Cenotaph, 1229 Esquimalt Rd.

B次元官网网址� Ross Bay Cemetery, 1494 Fairfield Rd., Victoria

B次元官网网址� Oak Bay Cenotaph, War Memorial, Uplands Park, Beach Drive

B次元官网网址� Saanich Municipal Hall, 770 Vernon Ave.

B次元官网网址� Sidney Cenotaph at Town Hall, corner of Sidney Avenue and 3rd Street

B次元官网网址� West Shore Cenotaph, Veterans Memorial Park, Goldstream Avenue at Veterans Memorial Parkway

B次元官网网址� Sooke Royal Canadian Legion, 6726 Eustace Rd.

Organizers ask attendees to arrive early. Some roads will be temporarily closed to accommodate parade routes and crowds attending ceremonies.

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Related Events:

A Royal Canadian Legion initiative, Bells of Peace is taking place across Canada.

Starting in Newfoundland at sunset, a bell will ring 100 times to replicate the moment when church bells tolled throughout Europe to mark the end of the war, and will sound across the provinces, finishing at Fort Rodd Hill and Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Sites in Colwood at 4:39 p.m.

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