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What it looked like: #LifeChain2024

On October 6, 2024 (as well as the two days prior), pro-lifers once again witnessed to the sanctity of life and the evil of abortion as part of the annual Life Chain.

Life Chain has expanded rapidly over the past few years. In 2020, the number of Life Chain locations dipped below 250, but now, in 2024, the number has exceeded 350.  

Attendance was similar to last year—over 15,000 estimated in total—as despite the expansion, rain seemed to depress turnout in some locations.

Please pray for “Teresa,” a pregnant mom who is considering abortion because she fears being kicked out of her parents’ house. She was referred to crisis pregnancy services by the local organizer of the Life Chain in Niagara Falls.

The 2025 Life Chain will be on October 5.

Below are snapshots from over 100 communities that took part in the 35th Life Chain in Canada.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

Yellowknife

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Coquitlam

Kelowna - Courtesy of Kelowna Right to Life Society 

Langley - 96 & 201 

Langley - 200th between Fraser & 62nd 

Smithers

Terrace

Vancouver

Vernon

ALBERTA

Barrhead

Calgary

Camrose

Drayton Valley

Edson

Fort McMurray

Lethbridge

Okotoks

SASKATCHEWAN 

Assiniboia

Estevan

Moose Jaw

Regina

Swift Current

Unity

Weyburn

Yorkton

MANITOBA

Dauphin

Lac du Bonnet

Portage la Prairie

Winnipeg

Ste. Rose du Lac

ONTARIO

Ajax - Bayly & Harwood

Aurora

Barry's Bay

Beamsville - King between Ontario & Mountain

Bracebridge

Brampton - St. Anthony of Padua Ch

Brampton - St. Leonard's Ch

Brampton - St. Eugene de Mazenod Ch

Brampton - St. Anne's Ch

Brantford

Burlington

Caledonia

Chatham

Collingwood

Cornwall - McConnell & Marleau

Durham

Elora

Georgetown

Goderich

Grimsby - Main & Christie

Hamilton - St. Stanislaus Kostka Ch

Hamilton - Juravinski Hospital

Kanata - Hazeldean & Eagleson 

Kanata - Holy Redeemer Ch

Kingsville

Lindsay

London

Maple - Keele & Major Mackenzie

Markdale

Markham - Hwy 48 & 16th

Markham - Hwy 7 & McCowan

Milton

Mississauga - St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Ch

Mississauga - St. Maximilian Kolbe Ch

Mississauga - Sts. Peter & Paul Ch

Misssissauga - St. Patrick's Ch

Mississauga - St. Francis of Assisi Ch

Mississauga - St. John of the Cross Ch

Nepean - St. John the Apostle Ch

Nepean - Merivale & Meadowlands

Niagara Falls

Nobleton

Oakville

Oshawa - King & Harmony

Ottawa - St. Patrick & Cobourg

Ottawa - Montreal & St. Laurent

Ottawa - Vanier & Montreal

Ottawa - Bank & Hunt Club

Peterborough

Pickering - Kingston & Liverpool

Pickering - Kingston & Whites

Richmond Hill - St. George Antiochian Orthodox Ch

Sarnia

Sault Ste. Marie

Stoney Creek - Hwy 8 & Gray

Tecumseh 

Tillsonburg

Timmins

Toronto - Avenue & Wilson

Toronto - Burnhamthorpe & West Mall

Toronto - Dixon & Kipling

Toronto - Don Mills & Sheppard

Toronto - Don Mills & Steeles

Toronto - Dufferin & Lawrence

Toronto - Eglinton & Keele

Toronto - Ellesmere & Markham

Toronto - Islington & Bloor

Toronto - Keele & Bloor

Toronto - Kipling & Albion

Toronto - Kipling & Queensway

Toronto - St. Rose of Lima Ch 

Toronto - McCowan & Steeles

Toronto - Corpus Christi Ch

Toronto - Sheppard & Wasburn

Toronto - St. George & Hoskin

Toronto - Yonge & Eglinton

Toronto - Yonge & Steeles

Tottenham

Uxbridge

Vineland

Walkerton

Wallaceburg

Wasaga Beach

Whitby - Hwy 2 & Cochrane

Woodbridge - Islington & Major Mackenzie

QUÉBEC

Drummondville

Gatineau

Kirkland

Laval - Carrefour & Terry-Fox

Laval - Chomedey & Saint-Martin

Lévis

Montréal - Crémazie & Saint-Michel 

Montréal - Décarie & Jean-Talon

Québec City 

NEW BRUNSWICK

Grand Falls

Miramichi

St. Stephen

NOVA SCOTIA

Bridgewater

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Summerside

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

South River

St. John's