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Where you can mark Remembrance Day in Toronto

It's a tradition that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month Canadians stand for a moment of silence to remember the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers.

Thousands of Canadian flags dot lawns, cemeteries and legions across Toronto

The Manulife Building marks Remembrance Day and the sacrifice of Canadian veterans. (Tony Smyth/CBC News )

It's a tradition that on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11thmonth Canadians stand for a moment of silence to remember the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers.

CBC Toronto will have live and continuing coverage from several sites, but there are a number of ceremonies where you can pay tribute to the veterans, war heroes and those we have lost to war:

  • Sunrise service at Prospect Cemetery, 1450 St. ClairAve W., 7:30 a.m.
  • Soliders Tower, next to the University of Toronto's Hart House, 10:15 a.m.
  • Etobicoke Civic Centre, 10:15 a.m.
There are 11,800 flags planted at the Manulife Building to remember the Canadian men and women who sacrificed their lives in war. (Tony Smyth/CBC News )
  • Old City Hall, 10:45 a.m.
  • York Civic Centre, 10:45 a.m.
  • East York Civic Centre, 10:45 a.m.
  • Swansea Town Hall, 10:45 a.m.
A similar scene on the lawn of the Veteran's Residence at Sunnybrook Hospital. (Tony Smyth/CBC News)
  • Veterans' memorial on the front lawn at Queen's Park, 10:45 a.m.
  • Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre ceremony at Warriors Hall,10:45 a.m.
  • Toronto Zoo, at the Waterside Theatre,10:45 a.m.
  • Kew Gardens, 11 a.m.
  • Mount Pleasant Cemetery, 11 a.m.

It's a sea of red and white on the front lawn of the Manulife Building. (Tony Smyth/CBC News )