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May Day March
May Day March
Friday May 1st, 2026
Time: Gather at 5:00, march departs promptly at 5:30pm, returns at 7:00pm
Start Location: Confederation Park (Elgin St. @ Laurier Ave W – map link)
Route: More info to come soon
Ottawa, unceded and unsurrendered Algonquin Anishinaabeg territory
May Day is a day to unite and celebrate the collective power of all who labour – paid and unpaid, formal and informal, in all types of work and activities that sustain us and our communities. As a longstanding international holiday, it is a day to build our movements while forging solidarity across borders against exploitation and dispossession.
Each day the world gets scarier. We are seeing a global rise in right-wing authoritarianism. Immigrant communities are facing violent detentions and deportations. Trans people are being targeted. New wars are being waged and threatened around the world as Palestine continues to endure unspeakable horrors. Cuba is being denied essential access to necessities of life and many countries are under threat of economic collapse and massive job losses. The rich keep getting richer and billionaires are flying to space while the ecological crisis is intensifying and the cost of living continues to rise. It doesn’t have to be this way!
Collective struggle is the way forward. May Day is a moment when, in strength and joy, we come together in our shared fight to shape the conditions of our lives and world.
In preparing for May Day 2026, the May Day Organizing Committee is guided by our Basis of Unity: https://www.maydayottawa.org/basis-of-unity/
Organizations that agree with the May Day March Basis of Unity are invited to endorse this year’s March. If your organization would like to endorse the march, contact us at info@maydayottawa.org.