The 2025 Wreaths Across Canada ceremony will be held on Sunday, December 7th 2025 at 1:30 PM in Section 103 of the National Military Cemetery, 280 Beechwood Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario.

WREATHS ACROSS CANADA is a non-profit organization dedicated to honouring and remembering all the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces for their service and their families for preserving freedom and democracy in Canada and worldwide.

2 December 2012 RE2012-0083-058 Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre, Ottawa Ontario President of Wreaths Across Canada, Mr. Craig McPhee stands in front of Section 19 which is known as the Last Post Fund with approximately 171 Graves. On December 2nd, 2012, the Wreaths Across Canada Ceremony was held at Beechwood Canadian National Military Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario. Wreaths Across Canada (WAC) holds its second annual wreath laying ceremony on December 2nd, 2012 at Beechwood Canadian National Military Cemetery in Ottawa, Ontario. It is anticipated that over 2000 people will participate with particular focus on families laying wreaths at the grave site of loved ones. This event marks WAC’s long term goals in conducting this ceremony annually , not only in Ottawa but across the nation. It also serves to confirm our mission statement of Remembering, Honouring and Teaching, especially young Canadians, about those who have fallen in the line of duty, those who serve and those who heave served.

Our History

In 2008, Craig McPhee, a retired Warrant Officer of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), established WREATHS ACROSS CANADA.


Our Mission

WREATHS ACROSS CANADA is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and remembering all the men and women of the Canadian Armed Forces for their service in preserving freedom and democracy in Canada and worldwide.