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title: "Remembrance Day ceremonies and road closures in Ottawa, November 11"
description: "Ottawa marks Remembrance Day on November 11 with ceremonies at the National War Memorial and in Vanier, Barrhaven, Stittsville and other communities, with downtown road closures and OC Transpo detours."
canonical_url: "https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/news/ottawa-remembrance-day-ceremonies-november-2026"
last_updated: "2026-11-08T20:44:58.837Z"
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Ottawa marks Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11, with the national ceremony at the National War Memorial and local ceremonies in communities across the city, CTV News reported. Downtown roads will close and 13 OC Transpo routes will run on detours through the morning.

## National ceremony at the War Memorial

The National Remembrance Day Ceremony begins at 10:30 a.m. at the National War Memorial. A 21-gun salute will be fired from the east side of Parliament Hill, near the Rideau Canal, at 11 a.m., CTV News reported. CTV will broadcast the ceremony live; the Royal Canadian Legion will stream it on its Facebook page.

This year's Silver Cross Mother is Virginia Hicks, who lost her daughter, Sapper Mariebeth Short, age 22, in a training accident at CFB Petawawa in 2002. She will lay a wreath at the memorial on behalf of every Canadian mother who has lost a child in military service, according to CTV News.

## Downtown road closures and OC Transpo detours

CTV News reported the following streets will close from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.:

- Queen Elizabeth Driveway, between Somerset Street and Laurier Avenue West
- Elgin Street, from Laurier Avenue to Wellington Street
- Wellington Street, from Bank Street to Rideau Street and Sussex Avenue
- Daly Avenue, between Colonel By Drive and Nicholas Street
- Nicholas Street, between Daly Avenue and Laurier Avenue

OC Transpo routes 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19 and 20 will be detoured between 6:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. due to closures on Rideau and Elgin streets, CTV News reported. Veterans wearing medals or uniforms, or showing valid military ID, can ride all OC Transpo buses, O-Train lines and Para Transpo for free that day.

## Ceremonies across the city

CTV News listed ceremonies taking place across Ottawa:

- **Beechwood National Military Cemetery:** 10:30 a.m. All are welcome.
- **Barrhaven (103 Malvern Drive, behind Walter Baker Community Centre):** 10:30 a.m., hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 641.
- **Orleans (800 Taylor Creek Drive):** 10:30 a.m., hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 632.
- **Carp (462 Donald B. Munro Dr.):** 10:45 a.m. at the West Carleton War Memorial.
- **Vanier (294 Cyr Ave.):** Parade from Hannah and Marier streets at 1:30 p.m., ceremony at 2 p.m.
- **Stittsville (cenotaph on Stittsville Main St.):** Parade from the Legion Branch 618 at 1:50 p.m., ceremony at 2 p.m.
- **Manotick (cenotaph):** Parade from the Legion at 10:30 a.m., ceremony at 10:50 a.m.
- **Richmond (Richmond Memorial Park):** 10:35 a.m., hosted by Royal Canadian Legion Branch 625.

The Royal Canadian Legion's website has a full list of ceremonies across Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec. Residents can follow community decisions made by their councillors at the [Ottawa promise tracker](/on/ottawa-2026/tracker).

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