Editing Remembrance Day (section)

====History in Canada====
Canadians began to commemorate their veterans and war dead as early as 1890, when [[Decoration Day (Canada)|Decoration Day]] began to be observed on 2 June, the anniversary of the [[Battle of Ridgeway]] against the [[Fenian]]s in 1866.<ref name=RemDayCE/><ref name=vr>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/canadas-forgotten-first-remembrance-day/article5176843/| last=Vronsky| first=Peter| title=Canada's forgotten first remembrance day| date=10 November 2012| newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref> A further observance was, from 1900 to 1918, held on 27 February to mark the Canadian victory over the [[Boer]]s at the [[Battle of Paardeberg]].<ref name=RemDayCE/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/canadas-first-remembrance-day/article21525359/| last=Martin| first=Lawrence| title=Canada's first remembrance day| date=11 November 2014| newspaper=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>
[[File:WLMK laying wreath.jpg|thumb|[[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] lays a wreath at the future location of the [[National War Memorial (Canada)|National War Memorial]] in [[Ottawa]], 1937]]

The first Armistice Day commemoration was in 1919, when King [[George V]] called on all countries in the [[British Empire]] to observe it.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/5-things/flashback-friday-king-george-lays-foundation-for-remembrance-day-1.2640451| author=<!--not stated-->| title=King George lays foundation for Remembrance Day| date=6 November 2015| publisher=[[CTV News]]}}</ref> It was later placed on a statutory footing in 1921, after the [[Parliament of Canada]] provided that [[Thanksgiving (Canada)|Thanksgiving]] and Armistice Day would both be held on the Monday of the week in which 11 November fell.<ref>{{Cite canlaw| link=https://archive.org/details/actsofparl1921v01cana/page/50/mode/2up?view=theater| short title=Armistice Day Act| abbr=S.C.| year=1921| chapter=16}}</ref> [[Charles Dickie]], the Conservative Member of Parliament for [[Nanaimo (electoral district)|Nanaimo]], campaigned to change the name from Armistice Day to Remembrance Day,<ref name=RemDayCE>{{Cite web| url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/remembrance-day| title=Remembrance Day in Canada| publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia}}</ref> which was approved in 1931, when Parliament accordingly amended the act, with its observance fixed on 11 November.<ref>{{Cite canlaw| short title=An Act to amend the Armistice Day Act| abbr =S.C.| year=1931| chapter=4| link=https://archive.org/details/actsofparl1931v01cana/page/24/mode/2up}}</ref>

Several other days of remembrance for veterans were also created, including the [[National Aboriginal Veterans Day]], inaugurated in 1994 to recognise the contribution of [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]] soldiers.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/indigenous-canadians-remember-ancestors-who-fought-died-in-war/article32725644/| last=Berthiaume| first=Lee| title=Indigenous Canadians remember ancestors who fought, died in war| date=8 November 2016| newspaper=The Globe & Mail}}</ref> In 2001, Merchant Navy Remembrance Day was created by the Canadian Parliament, designating 3 September as a day to recognise the contributions and sacrifice of [[Canadian merchant mariners]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.mastermariners-capital.ca/resolutions.htm| title=R-03-2001: A Resolution to designate the 3rd of September each year as "Merchant Navy Day"| publisher=Company of Master Mariners of Canada| accessdate=7 August 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414112616/http://www.mastermariners-capital.ca/resolutions.htm|archive-date=14 April 2009}}</ref>