April 28
Day of Mourning for Workers Killed
or Injured on the Job
(All dates April 28 unless otherwise noted)
Prince Edward Island | Nova Scotia | Newfoundland and Labrador | New Brunswick | Quebec | Ontario | Manitoba | Saskatchewan | Alberta | British Columbia | Nunavut | Northwest Territories |
Yukon Territories
Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown
7:00 pm
Memorial Hall — Confederation Centre of the Arts
145 Richmond St.
PEI Federation of Labour
Nova Scotia
Bridgewater
6:00 pm
Fisherman’s Memorial on the Lunenburg Waterfront
South Shore Labour Council
Halifax
11:00 am
Province House
Nova Scotia Federation of Labour
Kentville
7:00 pm
Memorial Park, Park St. at Main St.
Annapolis Valley Labour Council
Sydney
11:00 am
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 128
850 Victoria Road, Whitney Pier
Cape Breton and District Labour Council
Yarmouth
12:15 pm
Fisherman’s Memorial, Water St.
South West Labour Group
Newfoundland and Labrador
Corner Brook
5:00 pm
Cathedral of St. John Evangelist Church, 25 Main St.
Jim O’Neill — 709-634-3695
Grand Falls
12:00 noon
Worker’s Memorial
Kathy Oake — 709-489-3277
Labrador City
4:00 pm
105 Hudson Dr.
Fabian Benoit — 709-944-1388
St. John’s
12:00 noon
Confederation Building
Belinda Hannam-Dominic — 709-730-6240
New Brunswick
Bathurst
12:00 noon
Day of Mouring Monument near Sacred Heart Cathedral, Douglas Ave.
John Gagnon — 506-545-0651
Fredericton
12:00 noon
Fredericton Fallen Fire Monument, south bank of Saint John River
Alex Bailey — 506-999-7206
Miramichi
6:00 pm
March from City Hall to the monument behind the Kin Centre, 100 Newcastle Blvd.
Sandra Colford — 506-424-8178
Moncton
12:00 noon
Cenotaph in Bore Park
Éric Albert — 506-381-6918
Saint John
12:00 noon
Day of Mourning Monument, Frank and Ella Hatheway Centre at Rockwood Park
George Vair — 506-672-1412
Quebec
Quebec City
10:00 am
National Assembly
Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
Ontario
Atikokan
5:30 pm
Injured Workers Monument, Burns Stree
Atikokan & District Labour Council
Barrie
11:00 am
City Hall, 70 Collier Street
Barrie & District Labour Council
Brampton
10:00 am
Milestones of Labour Monument, 8870 McLaughlin Road
Peel Regional Labour Council
Brantford
5:00 pm
Fordview Park
Brantford and District Labour Council
Chatham
4:30 pm
Workers Memorial on Grand Avenue, across from Canadian Tire plaza
Reception following at Smitty’s Restaurant in Aristos
Chatham-Kent Labour Council
Coburg
4:15 pm
Lucas Point Park, 120 Willmott Street
Northumberland Labour Council
Cornwall
11:45 am
Day of Mourning Monument Site (west of the Clock Tower), Lamoureux Park
Cornwall & District Labour Council
Fort Erie
11:00 am
Monument located at Fort Erie City Hall, 1 Municipal Centre Drive along Hwy #3
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Goderich
Sunday, April 24
1:00 pm
Workers Monument, top of North Harbour Road, Goderich (across from the Historic Gaol)
Huron District Labour Council
Guelph
5:30 pm
Goldie Mill Park, 75 Cardigan St.
Guelph & District Labour Council
Hamilton
5:30 pm
Hamilton City Hall, 71 Main St. W.
Hamilton & District Labour Council
Hanover
11:00 am
Heritage Sq.
Grey-Bruce Labour Council
Horne Lake
10:00 am
Miner’s Memorial
Elliott Lake & District Labour Council
Kenora
5:30 pm
Labour Council Day of Mourning Monument Lake of the Woods Cemetery (East gate)
Kenora & District Labour Council
Kirkland Lake
11:00 am
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 87
Kirkland Lake Region Injured Workers Group National Day of Mourning Committee
Kitchener
10:30 am
Victoria Park Monument, Kitchener
Waterloo Regional Labour Council
Kincardine
10:00 am
Bruce Power Corporate Centre, Building B10, Lobby
Grey-Bruce Labour Council
Kingston
11:30 am
Kingston City Hall, Memorial Hall
Kingston & District Labour Council
Lindsay
Sunday, April 24
1:00 pm
Lindsay & District Labour Council
London
10:00 am
Tolpuddle Housing Co-op, 380 Adelaide St.
London & District Labour Council
Milton
11:00 am
Chris Hadfield Park, (corner of Steeles and Martin)
Unifor 414
Niagara-on-the-Lake
9:00 am
Monument located at the Centennial Arena, 1557 Four Mile Creek Road in Virgil
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Niagara Falls
10:00 am
Monument located at Niagara Falls City Hall, 4310 Queen Street
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Niagara Region
5:00 pm
Monument located at the Region of Niagara Headquarters, 2201 St. David’s Road
Niagara Regional Labour Council
North Bay
10:00 am
North Bay City Hall, 200 McIntrye Street East
North Bay & District Labour Council
Oakville
6:00 pm
Memorial at Centennial Square, 120 Navy St.
Oakville & District Labour Council
Orangeville
12:15 pm
Flagpole, Orangeville Town Hall
Orangeville & District Labour Council
Orillia
11:00 am
Orillia City Hall, 50 Andrew Street South
North Simcoe Muskoka & District Labour Council
Oshawa
12:00 noon
Oshawa City Hall, Day of Mourning Parkette
Durham Region Labour Council
Ottawa
12:30 pm
Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa (Entrance on Heron Road at Riverside Dr.)
Ottawa & District Labour Council
Owen Sound
11:00 am
City Hall, 808 2nd Ave. E.
Grey-Bruce Labour Council
Pembroke
6:15 pm
Pembroke Marina
Renfrew & District Labour Council
Perth
12:00 noon
Crystal Palace (across from the library)
Lanark District Labour Council
Peterborough
11:00 am
Peterborough City Hall, 500 George Street North
Peterborough & District Labour Council
Port Colborne
12:30 pm
Monument located in HH Knoll Park on Sugarloaf Street beside the Hospital
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Port Robinson
2:30 pm
Esquire Canada explosion site (1999), 125 South Street North
In memory of Robyn Lafleur
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Renfrew
12:15 pm
O’Brien Park
Renfrew & District Labour Council
Sarnia
6:00 pm
Sarnia Firefighter Memorial Garden, Fire Station No. 1, 240 East Street North
Sarnia & District Labour Council
Sault Ste. Marie
10:00 am
The Grand Gardens (formerly USW Union Hall), 68 Dennis Street
Sault Ste. Marie & District Labour Council
Smiths Falls
7:00 pm
Memorial Park (Cenotaph)
Lanark District Labour Council
St. Catharines
8:00 am
Monument dedicated to four fallen workers — under the St. Catharines Skyway. Located on the Welland Canal Parkway, west side of the canal under the bridge.
3:30 pm
Monument located at St. Catharines City Hall, 50 Church Street
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Stratford
10:30 am
Day of Mourning Monument, Upper Queens Park, Bandshell, Queens Park Drive
Stratford & District Labour Council
Sudbury
10:00 am
Laurentian University, Fraser Auditorium
Sudbury & District Labour Council
St. Thomas
5:30 pm
Day of Mourning Monument, Pinafore Park, Elm Street
St. Thomas & District Labour Council
Tillsonburg
12:00 noon
Clock Tower, 41 Bridge Street West
Oxford Regional Labour Council
Timmins
10:00 am
Miner’s Monument, McIntyre Arena
Thursday, April 28, 2016, 10:00 am
Thunder Bay
5:30 pm
St. Paul’s United Church – Lunan Hall, 349 Waverly Street
Thunder Bay & District Labour Council and the Thunder Bay Injured Workers Support Group
Toronto
Toronto Pearson Airport Memorial for Ian Henry Pervez
10:50 am
Two Assembly Points:
Ramp side at Terminal 1 Gate 101 in the Ozone — March
Terminal side at the Inukshuks Terminal 1 Departures level — Speakers
11:00 pm
T1 Gate 101 — March and moment of silence
12:00 noon
Larry Sefton Park (northeast corner of Bay and Hagerman Streets)
Toronto & York Region Labour Council
3:00 pm
Italian Fallen Workers Memorial of Ontario
Unveiling ceremony, Columbus Centre Memorial Gardens
Welland
1:30 pm
Monument located beside the canal in Merritt Park, 151 King Street
Niagara Regional Labour Council
Windsor
5:00 pm
St. Augustine’s Church Hall (Wyandotte at Westminster)
Windsor & District Labour Council
Woodbridge
11:00 am
Woodbridge Memorial Arena, 5020 Highway #7 (at Islington)
Toronto & York Region Labour Council
Manitoba
Brandon
5:30 – 6:30 pm
City Hall Foyer, 410 9th St.
Brandon & District Labour Council
Dauphin
12:00 – 1:00 pm
The march will commence at the MGEU Building, proceed down Main St. North to the Provincial Courthouse on River Avenue and end at the MGEU Building
Dauphin & District Labour Committee
Selkirk
10:45 – 11:30 am
Selkirk Memorial Hall, 376 Jemima St.
Selkirk & District Labour Council
Thompson
7:00 pm
Steel Centre, 19 Elizabeth Drive
Winnipeg
10:45 am
2nd Floor Auditorium, Union Centre, 275 Broadway
Manitoba Federation of Labour
Saskatchewan
Humboldt
Wednesday, April 27
7:00 pm
Westminster United Church, 708-13th Ave.
Humboldt & District Labour Council
North Battleford
Monday, May 2
8:30 pm
Don Ross Centre, Room 101
North Battleford & District Labour Council
Regina
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Regina City Hall, Queen Elizabeth II Court
Regina & District Labour Council
Saskatoon
7:00 pm
Francis Morrison Public Library, 311 23rd st. East
Saskatoon & District Labour Council
Weyburn
6:30 pm
TC Douglas Calvary Centre
Weyburn & District Labour Council
Yorkton
7:00 pm
A-180 Broadway St. West front lawn
Yorkton & District Labour Council
Alberta
Bonnyville
10:30 am
Bonnyville & District Centennial Centre Fieldhouse 4313 50 Ave #1003
Calgary
12:30 pm
City of Calgary Workers Memorial, 9th Avenue & Macleod SE Calgary
Calgary & District Labour Council
Edmonton
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Grant Notley Park, 116 St. & 100 Ave.
Edmonton & District Labour Council
Fort McMurray
10:45 am – 7:45 pm
J. Howard Pew Memorial Family Park
Grand Prairie
10:45 am
Safety City, 10318 92 Street
Lethbridge
11:45 am
Mountain View Cemetery, 1210 Scenic Drive South
Lloydminster
9:15 am
Lloydminster City Hall
Medicine Hat
10:45 am
Memorial Arboretum Park 88 Kipling St SE
Red Deer
10:45 am
Red Deer City Hall
British Columbia
Abbotsford
10:30 am
City Hall, 32315 South Fraser Way (North side)
City of Abbotsford
1:00 pm
Golden Tree Farmworkers Monument, 32320 George Ferguson Way
Fraser Valley Labour Council & BC Federation of Labour
Castlegar
6:00 pm
Kinsman Park Near the Castlegar & District Public Library 910 2 St, Castlegar
West Kootenay Labour Council
Cranbrook
5:00 pm
Rotary Park
East Kootenay Labour Council
Delta
10:30 am
British Columbia Institute of Technology — Annacis Island Campus
1608 Cliveden Ave
BCIT
10:45 am
Rotary Park
CUPE Local 454 – Delta Public Employees
Fort St. James
11:00 am
Workers Memorial Site
477 Stuart Dr. W.
Fort St. James District
Gibsons
11:00 am
Dougal Park, 516 Gower Point Rd.
Sunshine Coast Labour Council
Kamloops
6:00 pm
St. Andrew’s on the Square, Corner of 2nd Ave and Seymour St.
Kamloops and District Labour Council
Kelowna
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ben Lee Park, 900 Houghton Rd.
North Okanagan Labour Council
Kitimat
11:00 am
Worker’s Memorial Site
Centennial Park (across from the upper City Centre Mall parking lot)
Lake Cowichan
10:00 am
Forest Workers’ Memorial Park
BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union
Mission
10:00 am
District of Mission Public Works Yard
33835 Dewdney Trunk Rd
District of Mission
Nanaimo
12:00 pm
Pioneer Waterfront Park
BC Ferry and Marine Workers’ Union
Nelson
12:00 pm
Lakeside Park near the memorial plaques
West Kootenay Labour Council
New Westminster
7:30 am
Westminster Pier Park, New Westminster Quay — 960 Quayside Dr.
New Westminster & District Labour Council
Prince George
12:00 noon
Workers’ Memorial Statue (Patricia Boulevard and Queensway Street)
North Central Labour Council
Sparwood
12:00 pm
Centennial Square
United Steelworkers Local 9346
Squamish
10:50 am
Worker’s Monument in Pavilion Park
Squamish & District Labour Committee
Surrey
7:30 am
City of Surrey Works Yard, 6651 148th St (in the courtyard)
City of Surrey
Trail
3:30 pm
Meet at CAW Local 480 Hall, 910 Portland St.
Parade in downtown Trail to memorial near the arena
United Steelworkers Local 480
Vancouver
10:30 – 11:15 am
Vancouver Convention Centre, Jack Poole Plaza (On the waterfront, behind the Olympic Cauldron)
1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, B.C.
Victoria
10:30 am
Front steps of the Legislature
Victoria Labour Council & CUPE BC
Nunavut
Iqaluit
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Legislative Assembly
Northern Territories Federation of Labour
Northwest Territories
Yellowknife
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Great Hall of the Legislative Assembly
Northern Territories Federation of Labour
Yukon Territories
Whitehorse
12:30 pm
Yukon Government Administration Building, Main Foyer — 2071 2nd Ave.
Yukon Federation of Labour