Whats open and closed on Remembrance Day Nov. 11 in Ontario [Video]

Remembrance Day is not a statutory holiday in Ontario but some places are closed.

Nov. 11 falls on Monday this year and communities across Canada will hold public ceremonies at local cenotaphs.

Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day as it has come to be known, started as a day to honour the war dead following the First World War. The Armistice agreement was signed between Germany and the Allied Forces in Paris on Monday, Nov. 11, 1918. The ceasefire went into effect at 11 a.m.

The first Armistice Day was observed in 1919 in Canada.

Royal Canadian Legion branches across Canada hold Remembrance Day parades and ceremonies to honour veterans and residents can find the closest ceremony on their website here.

Many cities also hold civic ceremonies. Mississauga has a ceremony at 10:30 a.m. on Monday at the Mississauga Civic Centre Community Memorial, located on the upper portion of Celebration Square, 300 City Centre …