Maple Ridge marks Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, with a ceremony at the cenotaph in Memorial Peace Park hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion. Everyone is welcome to attend.

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” Royal Canadian Legion, Maple Ridge

The short version

When: Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Where: the cenotaph in Memorial Peace Park, Maple Ridge.
Host: the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 88.
Parade: 10:30am from the Maple Ridge Legion, 12101 224th Street.
Ceremony: 11:00am to 11:30am, ending with the flags lowered to half mast.
Cost: free, and open to the public.

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The parade

The parade begins at 10:30am at the Maple Ridge Legion, 12101 224th Street, and winds through downtown to the cenotaph in Memorial Peace Park for the Remembrance Day service. Members of the public are welcome to line the route and watch as the column passes.

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The ceremony at Memorial Peace Park

The Remembrance Day ceremony takes place at the cenotaph in Memorial Peace Park, beginning at 11:00am with O Canada, and ending at 11:30am with the lowering of the flags to half mast. It usually includes a reading of the names of fallen soldiers, the laying of wreaths, a reading of In Flanders Fields, and the playing of the Last Post. The service includes the act of remembrance, the Last Post, two minutes of silence at 11am, and wreath laying by local organisations, branches, and cadets. See the full Remembrance Day Maple Ridge listing for details.

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Getting there, parking, and road closures

Memorial Peace Park, near City Hall, is centrally located in Maple Ridge. A road closure and detour are in effect from 9:00am to 1:00pm. Town Centre underground parking is available, but not all entrances are open due to road closures; the parking entrance from Edge Street, next to the ACT Arts Centre, is open. If possible, walk or use transit. Arrive early to find parking and secure a good viewing spot.

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The poppy, and what changed this year

The poppy campaign funds Veterans and their families, and money raised locally stays in the community where it was donated.

The biggest change for 2026 is the date. The National Poppy Campaign now starts on October 24, which the Legion has made a permanent annual start date. It used to begin on the last Friday of October, so poppies are out roughly a week earlier than people are used to. The campaign runs to November 11.

How you can give:

Traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, still the most common.
Pay Tribute tap boxes, run with RBC, in hundreds of locations. One tap of a credit or debit card, or a phone or watch wallet, donates $5.
Point of sale at partners such as Starbucks, which passes local donations to the local branch.
TD branches, which distribute poppies across the country.
At the door, through the Legion’s Amazon Canada collaboration, now in its third year. The poppies are biodegradable.
Online through the Legion’s national site.

The Legion also unveils a new donation technology on October 24, a first for a national fundraising campaign that has not yet been detailed publicly. It sits alongside the tap boxes rather than replacing them.

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Flypasts, and why there is no time to give you yet

The Royal Canadian Air Force marks Remembrance Day with flypasts over ceremonies across the country. Routes and times are released only in the day or two before November 11, not weeks out, so no 2026 Lower Mainland route had been published as of late October. Any precise time printed now would be invented.

Be at the cenotaph by 10:15am in case a flypast is confirmed and announced locally in the first week of November.

Questions often asked

What time is the ceremony? The parade begins at 10:30am and the Remembrance Day service at the cenotaph in Memorial Peace Park begins at 11am on Wednesday, November 11, 2026, ending at 11:30am.

Do I need tickets? No. It is free and open to the public.

Where exactly is the cenotaph? At Memorial Peace Park in Maple Ridge.

Where do I get a poppy? From traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, from the tap boxes in partner locations, at Starbucks tills, at TD branches, online through the Legion, or delivered through the Legion’s Amazon storefront. The campaign now opens on October 24.