Parades, services planned for Remembrance Day in Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford

Samantha Beattie · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 06, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: November 6

To commemorate Remembrance Day and bespeak connected the sacrifices of those who've served, ceremonies are planned successful Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford.

The national vacation connected Nov. 11 besides means astir national services are closed, on with businesses that are federally regulated specified arsenic banks and postal service.

Here's immoderate of what section cities person planned starring up to and connected Nov. 11.

Hamilton

Indigenous Veteran’s Day 

An lawsuit to commemorate Indigenous Veteran’s Day volition instrumentality spot astatine 11:30 a.m., connected Friday, Nov. 7, astatine Battlefield House Museum and Park, 77 King St. W., Stoney Creek. 

“This work acknowledges and commemorates the contributions made by Indigenous veterans successful work to Turtle Island,” the City of Hamilton said successful a quality release. 

The lawsuit astatine the Eagles Among Us Indigenous Monument volition beryllium followed by airy refreshments and snacks “with an Indigenous flavour,” the metropolis says. 

The metropolis asks that radical bring their ain chairs arsenic seating is limited. 

Garrison parade

The city’s garrison parade volition statesman astatine 10:15 a.m. connected Sunday, Nov. 9, with a work astatine 10:45 a.m. 

The parade of Hamilton veterans, garrison units and cadet corps volition commencement astatine the John Foote V.C. Armouries astatine 200 James St. N., and proceed southbound to Gore Park connected King Street E.

The work volition instrumentality spot astatine Gore Park’s Veteran’s Place. 

To accommodate the parade, King Street E. volition beryllium closed from Catharine Street N. to James Street N. from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 

Seating astatine the cenotaph volition nary longer beryllium disposable erstwhile the parade arrives, the metropolis says. 

Remembrance Day service 

The work volition instrumentality spot astatine 10:45 a.m. connected Tuesday, Nov. 11 astatine Gore Park. 

Members of the nationalist are invited to bring and laic a wreath, and precocious registration is not required, the metropolis says. The lawsuit volition beryllium broadcasted unrecorded present and connected Cable 14.

Burlington

All of Burlington’s events volition instrumentality spot connected Nov. 11.

Burl-Oak Naval Veterans Remembrance Day service

At 9 a.m., a 30-minute ceremonial volition instrumentality spot astatine the Naval Ships Memorial Monument successful Spencer Smith Park. 

Remembrance Day ceremonies volition instrumentality spot crossed Canada connected Nov. 11. (Brian McInnis/CBC)

Remembrance Day procession

The procession volition statesman astatine 10:30 a.m. astatine Central School connected Baldwin Street. It volition past spell down Brant Street past Elgin Street, Locust Street and Ontario Street. It volition extremity astatine the Cenotaph successful Veteran Square astatine 426 Brant St. 

Harvard aircrafts volition alert over, the City of Burlington said successful a quality release.

While Locust Street volition reopen erstwhile the procession has passed, the different streets volition beryllium closed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Royal Canadian Legion Branch 60 service

At 11 a.m., a ceremonial lasting betwixt 45 and 60 minutes volition instrumentality place, besides astatine the Cenotaph successful Veteran Square. 

The ceremonial volition see 2 minutes of silence, a show by the Burlington Teen Tour Band, a speechmaking of In Flanders Fields and the laying of wreaths. The lawsuit volition beryllium livestreamed here.

Brantford

Overnight lighting display

On Monday, Nov. 10, cadets volition clasp a vigil and airy show from 6 p.m. to 12 a.m. astatine the Brant War Memorial astatine 6 Dalhousie St.  

The vigil volition resume astatine 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. the adjacent day, Nov. 11, said the City of Brantford successful a quality release. 

Remembrance Day service

A work volition instrumentality spot connected Nov. 11.  

At 10:40 a.m., a walking march volition permission Harmony Square astatine 89 Dalhousie St. and decorativeness astatine the Brant County War Memorial. 

Members of the Canadian Navy are pictured during a Remembrance Day work successful Toronto, connected Nov. 11, 2024. (Alex Lupul/CBC)

The work volition statesman after, with a fly-by of a B-25 Michell and FF46 Firefly aircrafts from the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. 

After, attendees are invited to an unfastened location and airy luncheon astatine the Brantford Naval Veterans Association connected 54 Wadsworth St. and the Gunners Club astatine 115 Henry St.

Road closures volition instrumentality spot from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and see Dalhousie Street betwixt Market Street to Brant Avenue, and Brant Avenue betwixt Church Street and Colborne Street. 

Rogers TV Brantford volition aerial the work astatine 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.