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Silver Cross Mother

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A Silver Cross Mother is chosen each year by the Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Legion
The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...

 to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on...

 ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

 on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. The title is named for the Silver Cross
Memorial Cross
The Memorial Cross is a Canadian medal awarded to the mother, widow, or next of kin of any member of the Canadian Forces who loses his or her life in active service, including peacekeeping, and other such international operations...

, a medal awarded to such mothers by the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

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A Silver Cross Mother is chosen each year by the Royal Canadian Legion
Royal Canadian Legion
The Royal Canadian Legion is a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide. Membership includes people who have served as current and former military, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, provincial and municipal police, direct relatives of...

 to lay a wreath during the Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day – also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on...

 ceremony at the National War Memorial in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

 on behalf of all mothers who have lost children in the service of their country. The title is named for the Silver Cross
Memorial Cross
The Memorial Cross is a Canadian medal awarded to the mother, widow, or next of kin of any member of the Canadian Forces who loses his or her life in active service, including peacekeeping, and other such international operations...

, a medal awarded to such mothers by the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

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List of Silver Cross Mothers

Year | Name | Address
2008 Avril Dianna Stachnik Waskatenau, Alberta
Waskatenau, Alberta
Waskatenau is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located in Smoky Lake County, 90 km northeast of the city of Edmonton.-Demographics:...

2007 Wilhelmina Beerenfenger-Koehler Embrun, Ontario
Embrun, Ontario
Embrun (ˈɛmbrən in English; ), UN/LOCODE: CA EBU, is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario in the Eastern Ontario region. Embrun is also part of the National Capital Region. Embrun is part of the larger Russell Township in Prescott and Russell United Counties...

2006 Alice Murphy Conception Harbour, Newfoundland
Conception Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Conception Harbour is a town on the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is in Division No. 1 on Conception Bay.According to the 2001 Statistics Canada Census:*Population: 801*% Change : -9.8*Dwellings: 353...

2005 Claire Léger Stittsville, Ontario
Stittsville, Ontario
Stittsville is suburb located in Ontario, Canada. A part of the City of Ottawa, Canada's national capital, Stittsville is located immediately to the south-west of Kanata, and about 31 km from downtown Ottawa.-History:...

2004 Agnes Dyer Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

2003 Charlotte Lynn Smith Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
Tatamagouche is a Canadian village in Colchester County, Nova Scotia.Tatamagouche is situated on the Northumberland Strait 50 kilometers north of Truro and 50 kilometres west of Pictou. The village is located along the south side of Tatamagouche Bay at the mouths of the French and Waugh Rivers...

2002 Doreen Coolen Hubbards, Nova Scotia
Hubbards, Nova Scotia
Hubbards is an unincorporated Canadian rural community on the South Shore of Nova Scotia.-Geography:Hubbards is located on the eastern side of the Aspotogan Peninsula, and along the northern shore of St. Margarets Bay...

2001 Ina Galvin Bolton Centre, Quebec
2000 Carol Isfield Courtenay, British Columbia
Courtenay, British Columbia
Courtenay is a city on the east coast of Vancouver Island, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in the area commonly known as the Comox Valley, and it is the location of the head offices of the Comox Valley Regional District...

1999 Loyala Helen Park London, Ontario
London, Ontario
London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457,720; the city proper had a population of 352,395 in the 2006 Canadian census....

1998 Anna Zuk Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, in south central Canada, near the eastern edge of the Canadian Prairies, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers...

, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a prairie province in Canada and has an area of . Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of Nunavut to the north, and the U.S. states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south...

1997 Alice Taylor Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1996 Margaret Langille River John, Nova Scotia
River John, Nova Scotia
River John is a Canadian village in Pictou County, Nova Scotia.It is located near the mouth of the River John on the Northumberland Strait, half way between Pictou and Tatamagouche near the boundary with Colchester County...

1995 Elsie Wells Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies...

, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....

1994 W. Baerr Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Yorkton is a city located in southeastern Saskatchewan, Canada, near the Manitoba border. Founded and incorporated in 1882 by a group of settlers from Ontario, it has grown to 15,038 residents as of the 2006 census....

1993 Isabella Hutchings St. John's, Newfoundland
1992 Ida Orser Hartland, New Brunswick
Hartland, New Brunswick
Hartland is a town in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada.Hartland is situated on the Saint John River in the central-western portion of the province in the agricultural heartland of Carleton County. It is the hometown of two of New Brunswick's premiers during the 20th century: Hugh John...

1991 Alice Taylor Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1990 Elsie Pearce Trenton, Ontario
Trenton, Ontario
Trenton is a community in Southern Ontario in the municipality of Quinte West, Ontario, Canada. Located on the Bay of Quinte, it is the main population centre in Quinte West....

1989 Rachel Morin Rimouski, Quebec
Rimouski, Quebec
Rimouski is a Canadian city in the central part of Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec. It is located on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River at the mouth of the Rimouski River, north-east of Quebec City....

1988 Hazel Driscoll Halifax, Nova Scotia
City of Halifax
The City of Halifax was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County, and was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...

1987 Secondina Di Persio Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Sydney Mines is a former town in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.Founded in 1784 and incorporated as a town in 1889, Sydney Mines has a rich history in coal production, although mining activity has now ceased....

1986 Mabel Bateman Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill, Ontario
Richmond Hill is a town located in Southern Ontario in the central portion of York Region, Ontario, located about halfway between Toronto and Lake Simcoe. It is the third most populous municipality in York Region and the 28th most populous municipality in Canada. It is part of the Greater Toronto...

1985 Rose Bernst Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of two places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1984 Olive Hunter Summerland, British Columbia
Summerland, British Columbia
Summerland is a community on the west side of Okanagan Lake in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. The town is between Peachland to the north and Penticton to the south...

1983 Constance Wylie Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...

1982 Mrs. John E. Fraser Debert, Nova Scotia
Debert, Nova Scotia
Debert is an unincorporated farming community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It is located approximately 20 km west of the town of Truro....

1981 Isabel Harrison Bury, Quebec
Bury, Quebec
Bury is a municipality of 1,100 people in Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, in Quebec, Canada. Bury is home to a Canada Day celebration which is well-known in the Eastern Townships region and which draws in triple the town's population for a parade and events in the park. Bury,...

1980 Greta Steeves Elgin, Nova Scotia
Elgin, Nova Scotia
Elgin is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Pictou County .-References:*...

1979 Eliza Beatty Carlyle, Saskatchewan
Carlyle, Saskatchewan
Carlyle is a town in Southeastern Saskatchewan. The town lies west of the intersection of Highway 9 and Highway 13.Carlyle was incorporated as a village in 1902, and as a town in 1905. The CPR was constructed and in operation in 1900...

1978 J. Cantley Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city in the province of Quebec. Originally called Ville-Marie , the city takes its present name from Mont-Royal, the triple-peaked hill located in the heart of the city, whose name was also initially given to the island on which the...

, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking identity and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

1977 Mary Little Welland, Ontario
Welland, Ontario
Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada....

1976 Olive Jubb Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria is a major tourism destination seeing more than 3.65 million visitors a year who inject more than one billion dollars into the local economy. Victoria is a cruise ship port where...

1975 C.L. Wilkinson Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1974 Mrs. Thomas Rudd Stettler
Stettler
Stettler can mean the following:*Stettler, Alberta, Canada*Stettler County No. 6, Alberta, Canada*Michael Stettler, American politician*Bruno Stettler, Swiss photographer and multimedia professional...

, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1, 1905.Alberta is located in western Canada, bounded by the provinces of British Columbia to the west and Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Territories to the north, and the U.S. state of Montana to the south....

1973 Maragaret Santo Kipling, Saskatchewan
Kipling, Saskatchewan
Kipling is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada.-Town of Kipling Local Administration:Town council members:* Mayor Kevin Hassler* Alderman Maurice Poirier, employee of Precision Drilling, elected in 2003...

1972 Marie Louise McLeod Wiarton, Ontario
Wiarton, Ontario
Wiarton is a community in Bruce County, Ontario, at the western end of Colpoys Bay, an inlet off Georgian Bay, on the Bruce Peninsula. The community is part of the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario....

1971 Mary Anderson Selkirk, Manitoba
Selkirk, Manitoba
Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located about 22 km northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg on the Red River, near . As of the 2006 census, Selkirk had a population of 9,515....

1970 Mrs. Lloyd R. Meech North Sydney, Nova Scotia
North Sydney, Nova Scotia
North Sydney is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.Located on the north side of Sydney Harbour, along the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, North Sydney is an important port in Atlantic Canada as it is the western terminus of the Marine Atlantic ferry service...

1969 Wilhemina Grey Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...

1968 Pearl Rich Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city is bounded by English Bay, Burrard Inlet, the Fraser River, the city of Burnaby, and the University Endowment Lands. Vancouver is named after Captain George Vancouver, a...

, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.The capital of British Columbia is Victoria, the 15th largest metropolitan region in Canada...

1967 Elsie Adams St. Catharines, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1966 Mrs. George Stephens Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the provincial capital of Ontario. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. With over 2.5 million residents, it is the fifth most populous municipality in North America...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1965 Nora Wagner Teetersville, Ontario
1964 Bernadette Rivait Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost major city in Canada and lies in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, although administratively separated from the county government. Windsor is located south of Detroit, is separated...

1963 Mary E. Stodgell Norwood, Manitoba
1962 V. Lanteigne Caraquet, New Brunswick
Caraquet, New Brunswick
Caraquet is a Canadian town in Gloucester County, New Brunswick.-Location:Situated on the shore of Chaleur Bay in the Acadian Peninsula, its name is derived from the Mi'kmaq term for meeting of two rivers. The Caraquet River and Rivière du Nord flow into the bay west of the...

1961 Sylvia Kimmel Mission City, British Columbia
1960 A.J. Cantin McCreary, Manitoba
McCreary, Manitoba
McCreary is a small town in Manitoba, Canada.McCreary is located in South Western Manitoba, and has a population of approximately 535 as of the 1996 census. Located in Riding Mountain National Park, Mt. Agassiz was the site of the 1979 Canada Winter Games, and offered endless winter sporting...

1959 W.B. Anderson Craigmyle, Alberta
Craigmyle, Alberta
Craigmyle, Alberta is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada. It is located between the towns of Delia and Hanna....

1958 Helen Forrestell Coniston, Ontario
1957 Z. MacFarlane Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro, Nova Scotia
Truro is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada...

1956 A.J. Reynolds Chatham, Ontario
1955 Mrs. Leboldus Vibank, Saskatchewan
Vibank, Saskatchewan
-Demographics:- See also :* List of communities in Saskatchewan* Villages of Saskatchewan-External links:*******-Footnotes:...

1952 Mrs. Dan McCann Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...

1950 Mrs. John Beasley Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada and a municipality within the Province of Ontario. Located in the Ottawa Valley in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario, the city lies on the southern banks of the Ottawa River, a major waterway forming the local boundary between the Provinces of Ontario and...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province located in east-central Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area. Ontario is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba to the west and Quebec to the east, and 5 U.S...


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