News & Analysis

On the weekend of Sunday, October 2, almost 300 communities across Canada participated in Life Chain – a substantial increase from the 270 Life Chain locations last year, and the ~250 Life Chain locations in years prior. This Life Chain was the first since the overturning of the major abortion precedent Roe v. Wade south of the border.

Many pro-lifers joined the Life Chain for the first time, along with families, clergy members, political candidates, and pro-life veterans (including one 103-year-old). While attendance is slow to rebound following COVID-19, the reach of the pro-life message is extended with every new community that partakes in this witness to the sanctity of life.

This year, Life Chain has returned to New Brunswick (in five locations!) and will return to Prince Edward Island on October 22, meaning all ten provinces (and one territory!) are contributing to this coast-to-coast activism.  

In contrast, counter-protests have remained limited and were more subdued. While the 2022 Life Chain was not without incidents and rude comments and gestures, organizers continue to report a balance of positive responses.

Conversations were sparked, minds already changed, and multiple post-abortive individuals shared their stories.

Below are photos from over 75 of Canada’s Life Chains. Please send your own photos and testimonies to [email protected] and note that #LifeChain2023 will be on Sunday, October 1.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Chilliwack

Dawson Creek

Kamloops

Kelowna - Courtesy of Kelowna Right to Life Society

Langley

Maple Ridge

Smithers

Vernon - Courtesy of Vernon & Area Right to Life Society 

ALBERTA

Barrhead

Calgary - Courtesy of Victor Panlilio

Lethbridge

Okotoks

Red Deer

SASKATCHEWAN

Estevan

Saskatoon

MANITOBA

Brandon

Somerset

Winnipeg 

ONTARIO

Ajax - Bayly & Harwood

Amherstburg

Aurora

Barry's Bay - Courtesy of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College

Belleville

Brampton - St. Leonard's Ch (with 103-year-old Mary Payne) 

Brooklin

Burlington - Courtesy of Halton Alive

Chatham

Dunnville

Essex - Courtesy of Windsor-Essex Right to Life Association

Goderich

Hamilton

Harrow

Kanata - Hazeldean & Eagleson

Kitchener

Leamington - Courtesy of Windsor-Essex Right to Life Association

Maple - Major Mackenzie & Jane

Maple - Major Mackenzie & Keele

Markdale

Markham - McCowan & Hwy 7

Mississauga - Cristo Rei Ch

Mississauga - St. Joseph's Ch

Mississauga - St. Francis of Assisi Ch

Mississauga - Sts. Cyril & Methodius Ch

Mississauga - St. John of the Cross Ch

Mississauga - St. Catherine of Siena Ch

Mississauga - St. Ignatius Loyola Ch 

Mississauga - St. Mary Star of the Sea Ch

Mississauga - St. Josephine Bakhita Ch

Nobleton

Oakville

Oshawa - King & Harmony

Peterborough

Pickering - Kingston & Liverpool

Pickering - Kingston & Whites

Sault Ste. Marie

Tecumseh - Courtesy of Windsor-Essex Right to Life Association

Thunder Bay

Timmins

Toronto - Albion & Kipling

Toronto - Burnhamthorpe & West Mall

Toronto - Don Mills & Sheppard

Toronto - Don Mills & Steeles 

Toronto - Dufferin & Steeles

Toronto - Ellesmere & Markham

Toronto - Finch & Warden

Toronto - Islington & Bloor 

Toronto - Keele & Bloor

Toronto - Kipling & Queensway

Toronto - Lawrence & Kennedy

Toronto - Lawrence & Leslie

Toronto - Markham & Lawrence

Toronto - McCowan & Steeles

Toronto - Sheppard & Washburn

Toronto - Victoria Park & Lawrence

Toronto - Yonge & Dundas

Toronto - Yonge & Steeles

Tottenham

Trenton

Walkerton

Wasaga Beach

Whitby - Hwy 2 & Cochrane 

Whitby - Hwy 2 & Thickson

Windsor - Courtesy of Windsor-Essex Right to Life Association

Wingham

Woodstock

QUEBEC

Montreal

Quebec City

NEW BRUNSWICK

Miramichi

Saint John

St. Stephen

NOVA SCOTIA

Bridgewater

Halifax

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

Summerside