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Remembrance Day in Pitt Meadows 2026: Spirit Square Ceremony and Poppy
Pitt Meadows' Remembrance Day 2026: ceremony at the cenotaph in Spirit Square on Wednesday, November 11 at 10:45am, hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion.
Written by Pitt Meadows Local
Pitt Meadows holds one Remembrance Day ceremony, and it is at the cenotaph in šxʷhék̓ʷnəs (Spirit Square), 11985 Harris Road. For 2026 it falls on Wednesday, November 11, with the Royal Canadian Legion hosting the observance beginning at 10:45am.
"At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them." Royal Canadian Legion, Pitt Meadows
The short version
- When: Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
- Where: the cenotaph in šxʷhék̓ʷnəs (Spirit Square), 11985 Harris Road, Pitt Meadows.
- Ceremony: 10:45am, hosted by the Royal Canadian Legion.
- Cost: free, and open to the public.
The ceremony at Spirit Square
The Legion will return to the cenotaph in šxʷhék̓ʷnəs (Spirit Square) on Wednesday, November 11 beginning at 10:45am for a Remembrance Day ceremony to honour those who have served and continue to serve to defend peace. Veterans and officials will march along Harris Road and through Spirit Square starting at 10:45am, with the main service running until noon, including O Canada, prayers, the Act of Remembrance, two minutes of silence at 11am, and the laying of wreaths. A public reception follows in the Recreation Centre lobby next to Spirit Square. There is no general seating; reserved chairs are for veterans and those requiring accessible seating. Browse the Pitt Meadows business directory for local businesses.
If you would like to lay a wreath, bring it to the cenotaph by 10am and make sure it is picked up before dusk. To purchase a wreath, contact the Legion office at 604-463-5101.
Getting there, parking, and road closures
On November 11, the drive-through lane between šxʷhék̓ʷnəs (Spirit Square) and the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre will be closed from 9am until 12pm for the Remembrance Day Ceremony. For the morning of November 11, please park in the north lot or underground parking.
Flags at City facilities will be flown at half-mast in honor of Veterans' Week, Indigenous Veterans Day and Remembrance Day from the morning of Friday, November 6 until the morning of Thursday, November 12, 2026.
The poppy, and what changed this year
The poppy campaign funds Veterans and their families, and money raised locally stays in the community where it was donated.
The biggest change for 2026 is the date. The National Poppy Campaign now starts on October 24, which the Legion has made a permanent annual start date. It used to begin on the last Friday of October, so poppies are out roughly a week earlier than people are used to. The campaign runs to November 11. Branch guidance is that October 24 is simply the earliest date, so local branches still set their own timing.
How you can give:
- Traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, still the most common.
- Pay Tribute tap boxes, run with RBC, in hundreds of locations. One tap of a credit or debit card, or a phone or watch wallet, donates $5.
- Point of sale at partners such as Starbucks, which passes local donations to the local branch.
- TD branches, which distribute poppies across the country.
- At the door, through the Legion's Amazon Canada collaboration, now in its third year. The poppies are biodegradable.
- Online through the Legion's national site.
The Legion also unveils a new donation technology on October 24, a first for a national fundraising campaign that has not yet been detailed publicly. It sits alongside the tap boxes rather than replacing them.
Flypasts, and why there is no time to give you yet
The Royal Canadian Air Force marks Remembrance Day with flypasts over ceremonies across the country. Routes and times are released only in the day or two before November 11, not weeks out, so no 2026 Lower Mainland route had been published as of late October. Any precise time printed now would be invented.
Be at the cenotaph by 10:15am in case a flypast is confirmed and announced locally in the first week of November.
Questions often asked
What time is the ceremony? The Legion-hosted observance begins at 10:45am at the cenotaph in Spirit Square on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Do I need tickets? No. It is free and open to the public.
Where exactly is the cenotaph? At šxʷhék̓ʷnəs (Spirit Square), 11985 Harris Road, in Pitt Meadows.
Where do I get a poppy? From traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, from the tap boxes in partner locations, at Starbucks tills, at TD branches, online through the Legion, or delivered through the Legion's Amazon storefront. The campaign now opens on October 24.
Who wrote this
Nell Vanderveen
Nell Vanderveen grew up on a blueberry farm north of the Alouette and lives near Osprey Village. She writes Pitt Meadows Local and walks the dike from Harris Road most mornings before the traffic starts.
