Remembrance Day in Canada. Every year on November 11, Canadians pause at 11 a.m. for two minutes of silence to honour those who have served in wartime and peacekeeping. The red poppy comes from In Flanders Fields, written by John McCrae in 1915. Remembrance Day is a statutory holiday in British Columbia. A message from Andrew Liggett, who served 17 years in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve as a Military Police officer and more than two years as a B.C. Sheriff: thank you to every veteran, serving member, and family. Lest we forget.