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Peacetime military memorial day

C-252 Peacetime Service and Sacrifice Memorial Day Act: An Act respecting a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian Armed Forces members who have lost their lives in peacetime in Canada

Sets October 22 of each year as a national memorial day to honour Canadian military members who died during peacetime in Canada.

What Bill C-252 would do

The bill would designate October 22 in each year as Peacetime Service and Sacrifice Memorial Day. It would serve as a national day of remembrance to honour Canadian Armed Forces members who lost their lives in peacetime in Canada. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment designates the 22nd day of October, in each year, as “Peacetime Service and Sacrifice Memorial Day”.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Gord Johns, Member of Parliament (Courtenay—Alberni)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
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Where it stands

  1. ProposedOct 22, 2025 Exact stageOutside the Order of Precedence · since October 22, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
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Officially: Outside the Order of Precedence · since October 22, 2025.

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  3. Royal assent

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