Thousands of people are expected to gather in downtown Vancouver to solemnly observe Remembrance Day on Wednesday. This year marks the city’s 102nd consecutive ceremony at the Victory Square cenotaph, where gatherers will pay respects to Canadian soldiers and service members who lost their lives in sacrifice to the country. The ceremony will be streamed live on this page starting at around 10:30 a.m. Vancouver’s Remembrance Day ceremony has been observed at Victory Square since 1924, making it the longest-running annual ceremony in the city. This year’s ceremony will include poems, prayers, an address from Vancouver Mayor Pete Fry and two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. A Royal Canadian Air Force flyover is scheduled but will depend on weather conditions. City officials estimate upwards of 15,000 people attend the even each Nov. 11, rain or shine.
