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e-7642 (Veterans' affairs)
E-petition
Initiated by Joshua Benson from Ottawa, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- The Battle of Ridgeway was fought on June 2, 1866, in what is now Fort Erie, Ontario, by Canadian militiamen defending the territory and people of what would become Canada;
- Nine Canadian militiamen were killed during the Battle of Ridgeway, and additional Canadians later died from wounds or disease contracted during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign;
- Those who died during the campaign were among the first combat dead of what would become the Canadian Army;
- The service and sacrifice of those Canadians are not presently commemorated in Canada’s Books of Remembrance in the Memorial Chamber on Parliament Hill;
- Canada’s Books of Remembrance already commemorate individuals who died defending territories that became part of Canada before Confederation or before their entry into Confederation; and
- Permanent recognition in Canada’s Books of Remembrance would ensure that the Canadians who gave their lives during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign are appropriately honoured as part of Canada’s military history.
We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to formally recognize the nine Canadian militiamen killed at the Battle of Ridgeway, together with the additional Canadians who died from wounds or disease contracted during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign, by including their names in Canada’s Books of Remembrance, as befits their sacrifice defending our nascent country.
- Open for signature
- August 7, 2026, at 9:20 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 5, 2026, at 9:20 a.m. (EDT)
