Port Moody holds one Remembrance Day observance, a parade and ceremony hosted by Port Moody Royal Canadian Legion #119 on Wednesday, November 11, 2026.

“At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.” Royal Canadian Legion #119, Port Moody

The short version

When: Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
Service: inter-faith, non-denominational service at 10:00am at Legion #119.
Parade: 10:40am, beginning at Moody Elementary, 2717 St. Johns St.
Ceremony: approximately 10:55am, at the cairn outside PoMoArts, 2425 St. Johns St.
Reception: at Legion #119, 2529 Clarke St., following the service.
Entertainment: 1pm to 6pm at Legion #119, all welcome.
Cost: free, and open to the public.

Poppy wreath on a stone cairn by an inlet in Port Moody, no people.

The parade

The parade begins at Moody Elementary, 2717 St. Johns St., at approximately 10:40am. It heads west on St. Johns Street to the cairn outside PoMoArts, 2425 St. Johns St., where the Remembrance Day service takes place. Members of the public are encouraged to walk, bike, or take public transit to the parade and ceremony.

Stone memorial plaque with red poppies beside a street in Port Moody, no people.

The ceremony

An inter-faith, non-denominational service is held at 10:00am at Legion #119 before the parade. The Remembrance Day ceremony begins at approximately 10:55am at the cairn outside PoMoArts. The ceremony includes a 21-gun salute, so please consider leaving pets at home. See the full Remembrance Day Port Moody listing for details.

Red poppy in front of a civic building in Port Moody, no people.

Getting there, parking, and road closures

To facilitate the parade and ceremony, St. Johns Street between Elgin and Moody streets will be closed to all vehicle traffic on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 between 6am and 2pm. Kyle Street between St. George Street and Clarke Street will also be closed to vehicles.

After the service, a reception is held at Legion #119, 2529 Clarke St. From 1pm to 6pm there is entertainment at the Legion, and all are welcome.

Poppy wreath on a wooden bench overlooking a misty inlet in Port Moody, no people.

The poppy, and what changed this year

The poppy campaign funds Veterans and their families, and money raised locally stays in the community where it was donated.

The biggest change for 2026 is the date. The National Poppy Campaign now starts on October 24, which the Legion has made a permanent annual start date. It used to begin on the last Friday of October, so poppies are out roughly a week earlier than people are used to. The campaign runs to November 11.

How you can give:

Traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, still the most common.
Pay Tribute tap boxes, run with RBC, in hundreds of locations. One tap of a credit or debit card, or a phone or watch wallet, donates $5.
Point of sale at partners such as Starbucks, which passes local donations to the local branch.
TD branches, which distribute poppies across the country.
At the door, through the Legion’s Amazon Canada collaboration, now in its third year. The poppies are biodegradable.
Online through the Legion’s national site.

The Legion also unveils a new donation technology on October 24, a first for a national fundraising campaign that has not yet been detailed publicly. It sits alongside the tap boxes rather than replacing them.

Poppy wreath on a stone step beside an inlet at dusk in Port Moody, no people.

Flypasts, and why there is no time to give you yet

The Royal Canadian Air Force marks Remembrance Day with flypasts over ceremonies across the country. Routes and times are released only in the day or two before November 11, not weeks out, so no 2026 Lower Mainland route had been published as of late October. Any precise time printed now would be invented.

Be at the cairn by 10:15am in case a flypast is confirmed and announced locally in the first week of November.

Questions often asked

What time is the ceremony? The parade begins at 10:40am at Moody Elementary, and the ceremony begins at approximately 10:55am at the cairn outside PoMoArts.

Do I need tickets? No. It is free and open to the public.

Can I bring my dog? The ceremony includes a 21-gun salute, so please consider leaving pets at home.

Where exactly is the ceremony? At the cairn outside PoMoArts, 2425 St. Johns St., Port Moody.

Where do I get a poppy? From traditional boxes in shops and Legion branches, from the tap boxes in partner locations, at Starbucks tills, at TD branches, online through the Legion, or delivered through the Legion’s Amazon storefront. The campaign now opens on October 24.