October 25, 2022
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, was presented with the first poppy of the National Poppy Campaign during a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
![An audience of people are seated in rows.](https://www.gg.ca/sites/default/files/styles/embedded_gallery_image/public/media/galleries/2022/10_25_First_Poppy/gg09-2022-0275-004.jpg?itok=QNYMfhq2)
“Every year, we use this time to honour those who have served our country in uniform, to recognize our veterans who sacrificed so much for our nation, and to remember the fallen—those who never made it home.”
Her Excellency, Mary Simon, Governor General
- Credit: Sgt Mathieu St-Amour, Rideau Hall
- Reference Number: GG09-2022-0275-004
![Governor General Simon stands in the Ballroom at Rideau Hall speaking into a microphone. There is an audience seated in front of her.](https://www.gg.ca/sites/default/files/styles/embedded_gallery_image/public/media/galleries/2022/10_25_First_Poppy/gg09-2022-0275-007.jpg?itok=4aqi1ggT)
“The price of war is and always has been enormous. We have learned so much as a nation and as a world since that time. Yet, we still have further to go to live peacefully alongside each other.”
Her Excellency, Mary Simon, Governor General
- Credit: Sgt Mathieu St-Amour, Rideau Hall
- Reference Number: GG09-2022-0275-007
![An audience of people are seated in rows.](https://www.gg.ca/sites/default/files/styles/embedded_gallery_image/public/media/galleries/2022/10_25_First_Poppy/gg09-2022-0275-010.jpg?itok=E2RI1cKO)
“Conflicts still rage and the members of the Canadian Armed Forces bravely, courageously, face the very worst so that the rest of us do not. And we must also recognize the role they play in Canada, helping in times of great and urgent need.”
Her Excellency, Mary Simon, Governor General
- Credit: Sgt Mathieu St-Amour, Rideau Hall
- Reference Number: GG09-2022-0275-010
About the National Poppy Campaign
The poppy is worn during the Remembrance period to honour Canada's fallen. Every year, the Royal Canadian Legion conducts the Poppy Campaign, along with thousands of volunteers, to raise funds in support of veterans and their families.