When is Remembrance Day observed?
- April 9
- July 1
- June 6
- November 11
Answer: November 11
Remembrance Day is November 11. Each year on that day Canadians remember veterans and those who died in all wars in which Canadians took part, wearing the red poppy and observing a moment of silence at the 11th hour. April 9 is Vimy Day, a different date.
Learn more: Remembrance Day and the poppy
- Remembrance Day is November 11. The First World War ended with the Armistice on November 11, 1918.
- Canadians wear the red poppy and keep a moment of silence at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
- The poppy honours the over a million men and women who have served and the 110,000 who gave their lives.
- Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, wrote “In Flanders Fields” in 1915. It is often recited on Remembrance Day.
- Vimy Day, April 9, remembers the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps in April 1917.