Event Location: Across Canada

It is Canada Day, the 154th anniversary of the Canadian constitution. In lieu of in-person events for the second year in a row, Canadian Heritage will host celebrations virtually.

The Royal Canadian Air Force will conduct flybys for several Remembrance Day commemorations across Canada. These will be carried out by aircraft from RCAF Wings throughout Canada at various times throughout the day. Details online. Call 613-904-3333.

Today is the deadline for mail-in ballots to be completed and received by the federal Conservative Party’s Leadership Election Organizing Committee. The winner will be announced once the ballots can be safely counted. Details online.

Greens will march in solidarity with students demanding climate action across Canada. In Halifax, N.S., Green Party Interim Leader Jo-Ann Roberts will march with students at the Halifax Commons. In Fredericton, N.B., at 1 p.m. (local time), Green MP Jenica Atwin (Fredericton, N.B.) will join students at Fredericton High School. And in Ottawa, at 3:30 p.m. (local time), Green Party Parliamentary Leader … Read more

The federal election will take place today. Canadians will go to the polls to decide who will lead the next government. Details online.

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Catalina Devandas-Aguilar, will conduct an official visit to Canada from 2 to 12 April 2019 to assess the situation of people with disabilities. Devandas-Aguilar will travel to Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Fredericton and Halifax, where she will visit an inclusive school, an institution for people with … Read more

Parliamentarians will be in their constituencies this week in honour of Thanksgiving. The House of Commons sitting calendar is available online.

Join Canada’s newest Canadians at one of 46 Canada Day citizenship ceremonies taking place across Canada today. The Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 in Halifax, the Old Port of Montréal, the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Riding Mountain National Park near Brandon, Manitoba, and Canada Place in Vancouver are just a few of … Read more

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Dubravka Šimonović, will undertake her first official visit to Canada from 11 to 23 April to assess the extent of the problem there and measures being taken to stop it. Šimonović will visit Ottawa first, followed by Iqaluit, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg. She will … Read more

Four federal byelections take place today. Voters in the ridings of Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, NL; Scarborough-Agincourt, Ont.; Battlefords-Lloydminster, Sask.; and South Surrey-White Rock, B.C. head to the polls to elects new MPs.