Commemorative Ceremonies

The Last Post Fund recognizes the importance of commemorative ceremonies in honouring our Canadian and Allied Veterans. Every year, in the beginning of June, ceremonies are organized to remember those who served our country, so that we may keep their memories alive forever and pass their stories and realizations down to future generations.

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On the St. Lawrence River

Sunday 5 June 2011

Taking place annually at the Old Port in Montreal (near Quai de l'Horloge), this commemorative ceremony is a tribute to deceased Veterans from the Canadian and Allied Naval Forces and to Veterans from the Merchant Marine.

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At the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges and Mount Royal Cemeteries

Sunday 5 June 2011

A century has passed since the first Last Post Fund burials took place at the Côte-des-Neiges and the Mount-Royal cemeteries in Montreal, which were used from 1909 to 1930. The first official burials in newly acquired plots by the Last Post Fund occurred in 1910. This centennial will be celebrated during the ceremony, which will be followed by a commemorative concert at the Saint Joseph Oratory of Mount-Royal entitled A Requiem to Honour and to Remember.

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At the Last Post Fund National Field of Honour

Sunday 5 June 2011, starting at 2:30 p.m.

You are all cordially invited to attend this impressive ceremony in honour of our Canadian and Allied Veterans.

In preparation for this commemorative ceremony, small Canadian flags are placed on the graves of Veterans and members of their family who rest at the Last Post Fund National Field of Honour.

Click on the following link to play a video of a bugler sounding the "Last Post" at a National Field of Honour ceremony: “LAST POST"

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Directions to the National Field of Honour

The Last Post Fund National Field of Honour is located behind the Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery (701 Donegani Avenue in Pointe-Claire, Québec). To access the Field of Honour, proceed through Lakeview following the Field of Honour signs until you reach the Remembrance Gate which enters into the Field. Directions from Montreal:

1. Take the Autoroute 20 West (from Montreal)
2. Take the St. Charles Blvd Exit (EXIT 48)
3. Turn right on St. Charles Boulevard
4. Turn right on Amherst Road
5. Turn left on Elm Avenue
6. Elm Avenue becomes Donegani Avenue
7. Turn left into the Lakeview Memorial Gardens Cemetery (701 Donegani Avenue)
8. Proceed through Lakeview following the Field of Honour signs to the Remembrance Gate entrance for the National Field of Honour.

The cemetery office is located in the Arthur Hair Reception Centre, next to the Gate of Remembrance.

N.B. Parking for the National Field of Honour Commemorative Ceremony on 5 June 2011:

We ask that our guests park their vehicles at the Beaconsfield train station parking lot on Elm Avenue, and to use the shuttle bus service to get to the Field of Honour. This shuttle service is only in operation on the day of the commemorative ceremony, that is on 5 June 2011.