Canadian flag on the Peace Tower of Parliament Hill in Ottawa lowered to half-mast.
Date
April 9th
Next time
9 April 2025 (2025-04-09)
Frequency
annual
Vimy Ridge Day is a day to commemorate the deaths and casualties of members of the Canadian Corps in the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which took place during the First World War. The holiday has been observed annually on 9 April since 2003. It is a non-statutory observance.
their assault during the initial Battle of VimyRidge offensive of the Battle of Arras. The Battle of VimyRidge was the first time all four divisions of...
The Battle of VimyRidge was part of the Battle of Arras, in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were...
and the implications of Canada's success in the Battle of VimyRidge on April 9, 1917. The Vimy Foundation was founded in 1996 by John Andrew Powell (son...
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Information Services Organisation - "Communications" 1st Canadian Division - "VimyRidge" 2nd Canadian Division - "Carillon" 3rd Canadian Division - "Invercargill"...
The Vickers Vimy was a British heavy bomber aircraft developed and manufactured by Vickers Limited. Developed during the latter stages of the First World...
The German attack on VimyRidge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein/Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local attack on the Western Front on 21 May 1916, during...
The Battle of VimyRidge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First...
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the age of 17, Day joined the Canadian army to fight in World War I. He would fight and survive action at the Battle of VimyRidge. Day entered municipal...
British gallery network beneath VimyRidge grew to a length of 12 kilometres (7.5 mi). Before the Battle of VimyRidge (9–12 April 1917), the British tunnelling...
permanent extension of the Ceremonial Guard's sentry hours, from VimyRidgeDay to Remembrance Day. Other tributes were also held in Halifax, where lights were...
The German attack on VimyRidge (Unternehmen Schleswig-Holstein/Operation Schleswig-Holstein) was a local German attack on VimyRidge. The attack took place...
to Berthonval and the construction of subways in Zouave Valley on VimyRidge. Vimy was an area of busy underground activity for much of the war. British...
media related to Third Battle of Ypres. Passchendaele – Canada's Other VimyRidge, Norman Leach, Canadian Military Journal Passchendaele, original reports...
members who fought at the famous battle of VimyRidge were British immigrants. Moreover, their victory at the ridge involved close cooperation with artillery...
Tenth Army was to attack the German 6th Army north of Arras and capture VimyRidge, preparatory to an advance on Cambrai and Douai. The British First Army...
Corps captured VimyRidge in April, 1917, in a daring attack that was a turning point in the war, and as Currie called it, "the grandest day the Corps ever...