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This year, there was a two-minute silence at 11 a.m., formalized by a unanimous motion passed last week by the House of Commons.

Wreaths were laid at the foot of the cenotaph at Prospect Cemetery in Toronto's west-end for a sunrise Remembrance Day service. About 100 people gathered for the singing of, "O Canada," followed by a 21-gun salute.

It's an emotional time for 83-year-old Les Lefevre, who was a private in the Second World War, but now struggles to remember all his friends and comrades who never made it home.

There was a memorable moment during the Prayer of Remembrance, when a breeze blew through the the trees, causing the leaves to fall to the ground around the cenotaph -- falling leaves for fallen soldiers.

Veterans will be able to ride the TTC and GO Transit for free today.

Government offices and Toronto City Hall will be closed for the day, and mail delivery will resume Thursday. The LCBO will open at noon after the Remembrance Day ceremonies.

At Queen's Park, Premier Dalton McGuinty was among those remembering both Ontario and Canada's war dead at a ceremony at the provincial legislature.

The Remembrance Day moment of silence was held at the War Memorial on the front lawn at Queen's Park.

In Ottawa, memorial guns boomed over Parliament Hill as the country remembered its war dead in the national Remembrance Day ceremony.

Prince Charles and Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean -- both in full military uniform -- and Prime Minister Stephen Harper were on hand.

They joined veterans, soldiers and thousands of Canadians at the National War Memorial in downtown Ottawa.

Della Marie Morley of East Saint Paul, Man., this year's Silver Cross mother, was with them, representing all grieving families. Her son, Cpl. Keith Morley, was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 18, 2006, while serving with the 2nd battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

The ritual began in bright, if chilly, sunshine with a choir singing "O Canada" and a bugler playing the haunting notes of The Last Post.

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Above photo - Remembrance Day wreaths at the Queen's Park memorial (Photo by: Kevin Misener/680News)