2024 Ceremony of Remembrance

Everyone is invited to attend the Ontario Police Memorial Ceremony of Remembrance Sunday May 5, 2024 at 11am.

The Ontario Police Memorial Foundation will be hosting the annual 2024 Ceremony of Remembrance in person at the site of the Ontario Police Memorial across from Queen’s Park in Toronto as we honour our Ontario police officers who have died in the line of duty, our Heroes in Life, Not Death.

The parade mustering location will be in the northeast quadrant of Queens Park Cresent, between Wellesley and the north end of Queens Park. The parade step-off point will be at the north end of Queen’s Park Cres near the 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Memorial.

The following lists the Section for each Police Service, Pipe Band & Order of March.

• Column A: RCMP, MILITARY POLICE, OPP
• Column B: City Police A to Z
• Column C: Regional Services A to Z
• Column D: First Nations Police, Police from other Provinces and Nations, Military, Corrections, Customs, EMS, Municipal Services, and other agencies

The Toronto Police Service will be supplying a Command Post and the location of each Section will be marked.

Parade participants are to be assembled no later than 9:15am for an approximate march-off time of 10:15am.

A representative from each Section (responsible for drill commands) will attend the Command Post at 9:15am for a briefing.

Please note that there are several road closures in downtown Toronto on the date of this event for planned marathon. Please check local traffic and leave plenty of extra time to arrive at the destination. The specific road closures for the Ontario Police Memorial Ceremony of Remembrance on Sunday are listed below for your info:

Road Closure time: Sunday May 5, 2024 8am-2pm

Locations:

• Queen’s Park Cres East, from Bloor St W to College St
• Queen’s Park Cres West, from Bloor St W to College St
• Hoskin Ave, from St. George St to Queen’s Park Cres W (local only)
• Grosvenor St, from Surrey Place to Queen’s Park Cres E (local only)
• St. Josheph St to be closed at St Thomas St, traffic to be redirected to Bay St. W (local only)
• Charles St to close at St. Thomas St, traffic to be redirected to Bloor St. W. (local only)

March 24, 2022

After a long, unexpected hiatus from gathering at Queens Park for the annual Ceremony of Remembrance, due to the global pandemic, we have engaged the Ontario Police Memorial Foundation’s planning committee to come together once again to organize a full regimental, in-person Ceremony of Remembrance on May 1st, 2022.

Gathering at the Memorial Wall in great numbers on the first Sunday of May, not only honours those fine officers who have sacrificed themselves to their sworn duty to protect their communities, but also to support and acknowledge the lasting hardship so many family members endure every day. We gather to honour, support, and show our gratitude for their sacrifice.

This year we will be adding 6 names of officers who died in the line of duty to the 266 names already enshrined on the Wall of Honour. Six more Heroes in Life shall forever be listed among those whom we shall never forget, to whom we owe that distinction.

On May 1st, 2022, at 11 am I encourage all those who are able, to attend and stand shoulder to shoulder with the colleagues and family members of our honoured fallen. It is, once again, time to come together, remember and pay tribute to those who have paid the ultimate price.

Thank you,

Jason Tomlinson
President
Ontario Police Memorial Foundation

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