🏛️ Chapter 3: Canada's History
How do Canadians mark Remembrance Day each 11 November?
Correct answer: Pin on a red poppy and pause in silence
A Recite the national motto in both official languages
✓ Pin on a red poppy and pause in silence
C Fly the flag at half-mast for a full week
D Light candles outside the Parliament Buildings
💡 Explanation
Canadians fall silent at 11 a.m. on 11 November and pin on a red poppy. The gesture honours more than a million people who served, and the 110,000 who never came home.
Key facts to remember
- Remembrance Day falls on 11 November each year
- Canadians wear a red poppy and keep a moment of silence
- Silence at the eleventh hour, eleventh day, eleventh month
- Honours over a million who served and 110,000 who died
- "In Flanders Fields" was written in 1915
- Its author was Canadian medical officer Lt.-Col. John McCrae
- Its images: poppies, rows of crosses, larks, a torch passed on
- The poem is often recited on Remembrance Day
Why this is the answer
From the official Discover Canada study guide — 3.5.3 Remembrance Day:
November 11 is Remembrance Day. On that date each year Canadians think of the veterans and the brave fallen from every war in which Canada has taken part, right up to today. A red poppy is worn. The moment of silence comes at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day, in the eleventh month. It honours more than a million men and women who served, and the 110,000 among them who lost their lives.
The poem most closely tied to this day is "In Flanders Fields." It was written in 1915 by Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, a Canadian medical officer. The poem pictures poppies growing between rows of crosses that mark soldiers' graves, larks still singing above the noise of the guns, and the dead handing a torch to the living and asking them to keep faith. It is often recited on Remembrance Day.
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