EVENTS
May 1, 2026 – 81st anniversary (1945) of the end of the Battle of the Atlantic from 1939 to 1945 – 1st Sunday in May.
7 May 2026 – 10:30 a.m. – Commemorative ceremony of the Victory Europe Day of 8 May 1945 held at the Amicitia France-Canada Monument, Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa and organized by the Souvenir Français in Canada.
May 8, 2026 – Commemoration of the victory of 8 May 1945 (French national ceremony).
May 8, 2026 – Victory in Europe (V-E) Day. More than 1,000,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in the Second World War – and more than 45,000 gave their lives.
NEWS
Amicitia France-Canada announces the winners of the 2025 art contest
Dr André M. Levesque appointed to the Order of Ontario.
The Amicitia France-Canada Monument has been nominated for the Prix de l'horizon franco-ontarien awarded by the Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (AFO).
Christophe Raisonnier has been named Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honour.
The monument
AMICITIA France-Canada is the national monument that is erected in Ottawa at the Beechwood National Cemetery to recognize more than four centuries of shared history and heritage and over 90 years of official diplomatic relations between France and Canada.
Beyond the timeless memorial, Amicitia wants to entrust to future generations, through their civic engagement, the mission of keeping alive our unique fraternal friendship between France and Canada.
AMICITIA France-Canada
A monument born of a shared history and a shared heritage
