For some Canadians, the queenB次元官网网址檚 funeral on Monday will prompt sadness and trigger personal memories, but for others itB次元官网网址檚 a distant event they intend to miss.

David Edwards, the Anglican bishop of Fredericton, says his mother was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth and died about five months before her, linking changes in his family life to the historic end of a 70-year reign.

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Edwards says heB次元官网网址檒l watch the funeral with a sense of gratitude for the monarchB次元官网网址檚 life, and he will likely be thinking of his 1998 meeting with her when he was part of a church group invited to the palace.

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As a bishop, he says he expects a straightforward Church of England funeral liturgy, but the service will also represent a symbolic shift in leadership of the church, as King Charles has assumed the role of supreme governor.

Edwards said he sees in the funeral a healthy exercise for Canadians who often tend to shun death and grieving. B次元官网网址淚t gives people permission to grieve in their own lives B次元官网网址� We need the whole of society to learn how to grieve better,B次元官网网址� he said.

Maggie Archibald, 28, a Halifax resident who works for a high-tech industry association, says sheB次元官网网址檒l be up before breakfast to watch the event, and she will also recall a meeting with the queen.

Her encounter came three years ago, after she and her sister were selected to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace. B次元官网网址淪he was attentive and witty during our four minutes of conversation,B次元官网网址� Archibald said of the queen.

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The queenB次元官网网址檚 coffin was taken from ScotlandB次元官网网址檚 Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh on Sept. 11 and flown to London on Tuesday. The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. local time Monday in London at Westminster Abbey.

But while some Canadians are planning their day around the event, many others have no intention of watching, and the day will be like any other.

William Wright, a 20-year-old filmmaker in Charlottetown, said in an interview he doesnB次元官网网址檛 dislike the queen or the monarchy, but he doesnB次元官网网址檛 feel drawn to the funeral rite that will unfold.

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A poll conducted last week suggests that while many Canadians plan to watch the funeral, the vast majority have not been personally impacted by the queenB次元官网网址檚 death and feel no connection to the monarchy.

The poll from Leger and the Association of Canadian Studies found that 77 per cent of respondents said they felt no attachment to the British monarchy. That compared to 19 per cent who did, and four per cent who did not know or preferred not to answer.

The results were based on an online survey of 1,565 Canadians between Sept. 9 and 11. They cannot be assigned a margin of error because internet-based polls are not considered random samples.

Jamie Bradley, who is the Atlantic director of Citizens for a Canadian Republic, says while the queenB次元官网网址檚 death saddens him, the funeral is an event for another nation that he will skip.

The 61-year-old baker, who lives in Halifax, said: B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 not that interested in what is going to be the funeral of a foreign monarch. She was the Canadian queen, but the pomp and circumstance will be United Kingdom-themed, which has very little reflection on Canada.B次元官网网址�

David Johnson, a professor of political science at Cape Breton University, who wrote a book titled B次元官网网址淏attle Royal: Monarchists vs. Republicans and the Crown of Canada,B次元官网网址� said the funeral is nonetheless a moment of history that he feels compelled to observe.

The professor said he will watch the ceremony. B次元官网网址淗ow many times do we get to see the funeral of a departed monarch? ItB次元官网网址檚 a piece of history. It is a chance to show respect for the person, the monarch, passed,B次元官网网址� he said.

He expects to experience a mix of sadness and gratitude for her life. B次元官网网址淪heB次元官网网址檚 arguably the greatest British and Canadian monarch to have ever lived,B次元官网网址� he said.

B次元官网网址擬ichael Tutton, The Canadian Press