National Memorial to The Fallen

The National Memorial to the Fallen is a national memorial that commemorates all of our more 120,000 fallen from our nation's wars, conflicts and operations since 1812, as reflected in Canada's official eight books of Remembrance on Parliament Hill, Ottawa.

The starting idea for the memorial was the compass. Something that represented the global reach of Canada’s service around the world. A compass is something that orients oneself within their location but also expands beyond pointing to the cardinal directions. It is emblematic of the entire project, something that is localized but also expands beyond. At the center of the memorial is the flag and the compass rose. The pillars form the cardinal directions reaching out to all the locations of Canada’s fallen.