Remembrance Day
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What's open, closed and where to attend ceremonies
Here’s a glance at what is planned in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Author of the article:Gordon Anderson
Published Nov 09, 2026 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 3 minute read
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Honour guard during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph at Old City Hall on Tuesday November 11, 2025. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia
On Remembrance Day, Canadians will honour the sacrifices of their service members in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping missions.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pausefor two minutes of silence.
Remembrance Day is not a statutory holiday in Ontario; however, it is for federal workers, meaning some regular services will not be available on Tuesday.
Here’s a glance at what is planned in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Ceremonies:
City of Toronto
• Fort York National Historic Site (250 Fort York Blvd.,10:30 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 344 (1395 Lake Shore Blvd. W.,1 p.m.)
• Soldiers’ Tower – University of Toronto (Hart House Circle,10:30 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 643 (110 Jutland Rd., 11 a.m.)
• Etobicoke Civic Centre (399 The West Mall, 10:45 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 286 (11 Irwin Rd., 11 a.m.)
• York Cemetery (160 Beecroft Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Meeting Place, Science Wing (1265 Military Trail, 10:40 a.m.)
• Centennial College – Progress Campus (941 Progress Ave., 10:30 a.m.)
• York Civic Centre (2700 Eglinton Ave. E.,10:45 a.m.)
• Scarborough War Memorial (2190 Kingston Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 (1577 Kingston Rd., 1 p.m.)
• East York Civic Centre (850 Coxwell Ave., 10:45 a.m.)
Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo will hold a 10:45 a.m. ceremony at the Waterside Theatre. The theatre opens at 9:45 a.m. and closes at 10:45 a.m. or until capacity is reached. The ceremony begins at 10:55 a.m.
Veterans in uniform (or with medals, crests or other military affiliation insignia) and serving members in uniform of the Armed Forces, police, fire and paramedics services will receive complimentary zoo admission and parking. Members of the public who attend can get 50% off the price of admission.
Road closures
Old City Hall Cenotaph ceremony (60 Queen St. W., 10:45 a.m.)
Road closures will be in effect starting around 10 a.m.
• Bay St. will be closed from Albert St. to Richmond St. W.
• Queen St. W. will be closed from Bay to east of York St.
Queen’s Park ceremony (111 Wellesley St. W., 10:45 a.m.)
The following road closure will be in effect starting around 10 a.m.
• Wellesley St. W. will be closed between Queen’s Park Cres. E. and Queen’s Park Cres. W.
What’s open on Remembrance Day
The TTC will be operating on a regular schedule. Buses, streetcars and subways will pause for two minutes at 11 a.m. TTC officials said all current members of the Canadian Armed Forces in uniform, as well as war and peacekeeping veterans wearing military service medals or ribbons, along with one companion, can ride its vehicles free of charge on Remembrance Day.
GO Transit will also operate on a regular schedule. Veterans and members of the Canadian Armed Forces, along with one companion, as well as family members of deceased veterans, can ride GO Transit and UP Express for free on Remembrance Day. Riders are asked to carry service papers or an identification card while travelling.
Grocery stores and pharmacies will operate with regular hours.
Shopping malls including Eaton Centre, Yorkdale Mall, Dufferin Mall, Pacific Mall, Square One, Scarborough Town Centre, Fairview Mall, Vaughan Mills, Upper Canada Mall and Sherway Gardens will all be open as regularly scheduled.
What is closed in Toronto
• LCBO and Beer Store locations will open at noon.
• Canada Post won’t be delivering or collecting mail. Post offices operated by the private sector may open according to the hours of their host businesses.
• All major banks will be closed for in-person services; however, ATMs will be open.
• Federal government services and offices will be closed.
Other ceremony locations in the GTA:
Markham
• Flato Markham Theatre (171 Town Centre Blvd., 10:30 a.m.)
Brampton
• Ken Whillams Square (41 Main St. S., 11 a.m.)
Mississauga
• Civic Centre (Upper Square) (300 City Centre Dr., 10:30 a.m.)
• Vimy Park (29 Stavebank Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• University of Toronto Mississauga campus (3359 Mississauga Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
Oakville
• George’s Square (179 Trafalgar Rd., 10:30 a.m.)
• Sheridan College (1430 Trafalgar Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Memorial Park (120 Oak Park Blvd., 10:50 a.m.)
Aurora
• Aurora War Memorial Peace Park (14659 Yonge St., 10:40 a.m.)
Newmarket
• York Regional Administrative Centre (17250 Yonge St., 10:25 a.m.)
• Newmarket Cemetery (112 Main St. N., 10:30 a.m.)
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— With files from Ian Shantz
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Here’s a glance at what is planned in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Author of the article:Gordon Anderson
Published Nov 09, 2026 • Last updated 18 hours ago • 3 minute read
remembrance day
Honour guard during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph at Old City Hall on Tuesday November 11, 2025. Photo by Ernest Doroszuk/Toronto Sun/Postmedia
On Remembrance Day, Canadians will honour the sacrifices of their service members in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping missions.
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pausefor two minutes of silence.
Remembrance Day is not a statutory holiday in Ontario; however, it is for federal workers, meaning some regular services will not be available on Tuesday.
Here’s a glance at what is planned in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area.
Ceremonies:
City of Toronto
• Fort York National Historic Site (250 Fort York Blvd.,10:30 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 344 (1395 Lake Shore Blvd. W.,1 p.m.)
• Soldiers’ Tower – University of Toronto (Hart House Circle,10:30 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 643 (110 Jutland Rd., 11 a.m.)
• Etobicoke Civic Centre (399 The West Mall, 10:45 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 286 (11 Irwin Rd., 11 a.m.)
• York Cemetery (160 Beecroft Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Meeting Place, Science Wing (1265 Military Trail, 10:40 a.m.)
• Centennial College – Progress Campus (941 Progress Ave., 10:30 a.m.)
• York Civic Centre (2700 Eglinton Ave. E.,10:45 a.m.)
• Scarborough War Memorial (2190 Kingston Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 (1577 Kingston Rd., 1 p.m.)
• East York Civic Centre (850 Coxwell Ave., 10:45 a.m.)
Toronto Zoo
The Toronto Zoo will hold a 10:45 a.m. ceremony at the Waterside Theatre. The theatre opens at 9:45 a.m. and closes at 10:45 a.m. or until capacity is reached. The ceremony begins at 10:55 a.m.
Veterans in uniform (or with medals, crests or other military affiliation insignia) and serving members in uniform of the Armed Forces, police, fire and paramedics services will receive complimentary zoo admission and parking. Members of the public who attend can get 50% off the price of admission.
Road closures
Old City Hall Cenotaph ceremony (60 Queen St. W., 10:45 a.m.)
Road closures will be in effect starting around 10 a.m.
• Bay St. will be closed from Albert St. to Richmond St. W.
• Queen St. W. will be closed from Bay to east of York St.
Queen’s Park ceremony (111 Wellesley St. W., 10:45 a.m.)
The following road closure will be in effect starting around 10 a.m.
• Wellesley St. W. will be closed between Queen’s Park Cres. E. and Queen’s Park Cres. W.
What’s open on Remembrance Day
The TTC will be operating on a regular schedule. Buses, streetcars and subways will pause for two minutes at 11 a.m. TTC officials said all current members of the Canadian Armed Forces in uniform, as well as war and peacekeeping veterans wearing military service medals or ribbons, along with one companion, can ride its vehicles free of charge on Remembrance Day.
GO Transit will also operate on a regular schedule. Veterans and members of the Canadian Armed Forces, along with one companion, as well as family members of deceased veterans, can ride GO Transit and UP Express for free on Remembrance Day. Riders are asked to carry service papers or an identification card while travelling.
Grocery stores and pharmacies will operate with regular hours.
Shopping malls including Eaton Centre, Yorkdale Mall, Dufferin Mall, Pacific Mall, Square One, Scarborough Town Centre, Fairview Mall, Vaughan Mills, Upper Canada Mall and Sherway Gardens will all be open as regularly scheduled.
What is closed in Toronto
• LCBO and Beer Store locations will open at noon.
• Canada Post won’t be delivering or collecting mail. Post offices operated by the private sector may open according to the hours of their host businesses.
• All major banks will be closed for in-person services; however, ATMs will be open.
• Federal government services and offices will be closed.
Other ceremony locations in the GTA:
Markham
• Flato Markham Theatre (171 Town Centre Blvd., 10:30 a.m.)
Brampton
• Ken Whillams Square (41 Main St. S., 11 a.m.)
Mississauga
• Civic Centre (Upper Square) (300 City Centre Dr., 10:30 a.m.)
• Vimy Park (29 Stavebank Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• University of Toronto Mississauga campus (3359 Mississauga Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
Oakville
• George’s Square (179 Trafalgar Rd., 10:30 a.m.)
• Sheridan College (1430 Trafalgar Rd., 10:45 a.m.)
• Memorial Park (120 Oak Park Blvd., 10:50 a.m.)
Aurora
• Aurora War Memorial Peace Park (14659 Yonge St., 10:40 a.m.)
Newmarket
• York Regional Administrative Centre (17250 Yonge St., 10:25 a.m.)
• Newmarket Cemetery (112 Main St. N., 10:30 a.m.)
ganderson@postmedia.com
— With files from Ian Shantz
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Statue mocking Trump’s bone spurs appears on Mall before Veterans Day
Trump received five deferments during the Vietnam War: four for his studies in college, and one for bone spurs in his feet.
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Liam Scott, The Washington Post
Published Nov 09, 2026 • 3 minute read
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A mascot named Toey and a statue of President Donald Trump called "The Foot Soldier" appeared on the National Mall on Monday. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
The anonymous artists who have taunted President Donald Trump and his administration with more than a dozen statues and installations around Washington struck again Monday, this time with a statue mocking Trump for avoiding military service because of bone spurs.
The new statue of Trump, spray-painted gold, appeared on the National Mall, near the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. The statue, erected two days before Veterans Day, depicts the president sitting, grimacing and clutching his right foot. Beneath Trump is a sign that reads “The Foot Soldier.”
“We honour the service and sacrifice of our Commander in Chief, Donald J. Trump. He’s a soldier in spirit, who marched to the front lines of dodging the draft, armed with a perfect diagnosis of bone spurs,” reads a plaque at the base of the statue. “We salute a leader who knows you can’t spell sacrifice without ‘I,’ and a warrior who reminds us that sometimes when you’re called to stand up, it’s best to just sit down and rest your feet.”
Trump received five deferments during the Vietnam War: four for his studies in college, and one for bone spurs in his feet.
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The statue is the latest from The Secret Handshake, a group of anonymous artists. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
“Trump Derangement Syndrome is a sick and incurable disease that has rotted the brains of these Democrat activists. President Trump will never waver in fighting for and protecting the American people,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement Monday.
Someone dressed in a big-toe costume stood beside the statue in the morning and said: “Draft dodger? I hardly know her.” The costume was complete with nine hairs and the name “TOEY” emblazoned across the chest.
“I’m the biggest toe. The hugest toe. Huge. Hugest toe. Largest toe that anyone’s ever seen,” Toey said. The person in the Toey costume declined to share their real name, citing concerns over retaliation and a desire to preserve the mystery of the art project.
The bone spurs statue is the latest erected by a group of anonymous artists who go by the name “The Secret Handshake.” Their real identities are unknown to The Washington Post. They use a go-between to obtain permits for the installations from the National Park Service.
“As the President continues to wage a war and threaten new ones, it’s time to harken back to a time when Donald Trump would do whatever it takes to stay out of combat,” the group said in a Monday statement.
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“I’m the biggest toe. The hugest toe,” Toey declared. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
Other installations by the group have included a statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands, a mock tribute to Trump from the world’s authoritarian leaders and a reproduction of the desk of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) with a pile of fake excrement on it that ridiculed the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 election.
On the Mall on Monday morning, tourists and D.C. residents alike gawked at the latest installation. “I think it’s funny. Funny-sad,” said Stephanie Farrell, 58, who was visiting from New Jersey.
Martin Lowenfish, 58, said he loved how “subversive” the statue was. “When this administration came in, I was like, ‘This is going to be an awesome four years for punk rock,'” he said. “It’s just a way for people to express themselves.”
The statue’s plaque featured a 2013 quote from Trump: “I can be very military.”
The statue also caught the attention of Jonathan Myers, who was visiting from Florida. “Dodging the draft is a big thing,” said Myers, 41, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 2004 to 2010. “I think, as president, you should have served in the military.”
Dan Mariano, who works in marketing, said he makes an effort to see all of The Secret Handshake’s installations in the District.
“The sculpture is a great example of satire and an expression of free speech,” said Mariano, 33. “This is an affirmation of our ability to criticize our leaders.”
But Mariano’s dog, a Yorkie terrier named Bo, was more interested in Toey. “It looks like something she chews on in the apartment,” Mariano said.
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Trump received five deferments during the Vietnam War: four for his studies in college, and one for bone spurs in his feet.
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Liam Scott, The Washington Post
Published Nov 09, 2026 • 3 minute read
110926-MET-NEWSTATUE
A mascot named Toey and a statue of President Donald Trump called "The Foot Soldier" appeared on the National Mall on Monday. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
The anonymous artists who have taunted President Donald Trump and his administration with more than a dozen statues and installations around Washington struck again Monday, this time with a statue mocking Trump for avoiding military service because of bone spurs.
The new statue of Trump, spray-painted gold, appeared on the National Mall, near the National Gallery of Art’s Sculpture Garden. The statue, erected two days before Veterans Day, depicts the president sitting, grimacing and clutching his right foot. Beneath Trump is a sign that reads “The Foot Soldier.”
“We honour the service and sacrifice of our Commander in Chief, Donald J. Trump. He’s a soldier in spirit, who marched to the front lines of dodging the draft, armed with a perfect diagnosis of bone spurs,” reads a plaque at the base of the statue. “We salute a leader who knows you can’t spell sacrifice without ‘I,’ and a warrior who reminds us that sometimes when you’re called to stand up, it’s best to just sit down and rest your feet.”
Trump received five deferments during the Vietnam War: four for his studies in college, and one for bone spurs in his feet.
110926-MET-NEWSTATUE
The statue is the latest from The Secret Handshake, a group of anonymous artists. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
“Trump Derangement Syndrome is a sick and incurable disease that has rotted the brains of these Democrat activists. President Trump will never waver in fighting for and protecting the American people,” White House spokesman Davis Ingle said in a statement Monday.
Someone dressed in a big-toe costume stood beside the statue in the morning and said: “Draft dodger? I hardly know her.” The costume was complete with nine hairs and the name “TOEY” emblazoned across the chest.
“I’m the biggest toe. The hugest toe. Huge. Hugest toe. Largest toe that anyone’s ever seen,” Toey said. The person in the Toey costume declined to share their real name, citing concerns over retaliation and a desire to preserve the mystery of the art project.
The bone spurs statue is the latest erected by a group of anonymous artists who go by the name “The Secret Handshake.” Their real identities are unknown to The Washington Post. They use a go-between to obtain permits for the installations from the National Park Service.
“As the President continues to wage a war and threaten new ones, it’s time to harken back to a time when Donald Trump would do whatever it takes to stay out of combat,” the group said in a Monday statement.
110926-MET-NEWSTATUE
“I’m the biggest toe. The hugest toe,” Toey declared. Photo by Pete Kiehart /Pete Kiehart/For The Washington Post
Other installations by the group have included a statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands, a mock tribute to Trump from the world’s authoritarian leaders and a reproduction of the desk of former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) with a pile of fake excrement on it that ridiculed the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters who sought to overturn the 2020 election.
On the Mall on Monday morning, tourists and D.C. residents alike gawked at the latest installation. “I think it’s funny. Funny-sad,” said Stephanie Farrell, 58, who was visiting from New Jersey.
Martin Lowenfish, 58, said he loved how “subversive” the statue was. “When this administration came in, I was like, ‘This is going to be an awesome four years for punk rock,'” he said. “It’s just a way for people to express themselves.”
The statue’s plaque featured a 2013 quote from Trump: “I can be very military.”
The statue also caught the attention of Jonathan Myers, who was visiting from Florida. “Dodging the draft is a big thing,” said Myers, 41, who served in the U.S. Air Force from 2004 to 2010. “I think, as president, you should have served in the military.”
Dan Mariano, who works in marketing, said he makes an effort to see all of The Secret Handshake’s installations in the District.
“The sculpture is a great example of satire and an expression of free speech,” said Mariano, 33. “This is an affirmation of our ability to criticize our leaders.”
But Mariano’s dog, a Yorkie terrier named Bo, was more interested in Toey. “It looks like something she chews on in the apartment,” Mariano said.
Statue mocking Trump’s bone spurs appears on Mall before Veterans Day
Trump received five deferments during the Vietnam War: four for his studies in college, and one for bone spurs in his feet.