- Remembrance Day is on 11 November. ... At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.
- The federal government recognizes Remembrance Day in the Holidays Act as a national holiday, but not all provinces treat it as a paid statutory holiday.
- In Canada, Remembrance Day is a public holiday and federal statutory holiday, as well as a statutory holiday in all three territories and in six of the ten provinces.
- Many nations that are not members of the Commonwealth also observe Remembrance Day on November 11. Including France, Belgium, and Poland.
- Poppies are the official symbol of Remembrance Day, and making paper versions of the flower are good virtual Remembrance Day activities for schools.
- Remembrance Day is observed on the second Sunday in November each year, coinciding with Armistice Day, which marks the end of the First World War.
- In recent years Armistice Day has been revived as an additional occasion for silence, though Remembrance Sunday remains the main day of commemoration.
- Otherwise known as Poppy Day or Armistice, Remembrance Day is a public holiday in Canada observed on 11th November every year.
- Thus began the "poppy emblem" and the first Poppy Appeal: a fundraising event to raise money for war vets, held each November in honor of Remembrance Day.