{"id":25523,"date":"2019-09-30T10:04:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=25523"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:12:52","slug":"it-was-historic-7-6-million-strike-for-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/story\/25523\/it-was-historic-7-6-million-strike-for-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"It was historic – 7.6 million strike for climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was historic.<\/p>\n

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Over 750,000 people across Canada, more than 7.6 million people across the planet in 170 countries, at 6383 events.<\/p>\n

It was the largest planetary mobilization for action on the growing climate crisis ever. Record numbers came out across Canada – including over half a million people in Montreal alone in the largest single global march for climate action in history.<\/p>\n

Send a message to your political candidates today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

And it was led by young people, by students, and Indigenous youth.<\/p>\n

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Montreal, Climate Strike<\/p><\/div>\n

All around the world people took to the streets to push for action on an issue that is already making its presence felt in their neighbourhoods and communities.<\/p>\n

Extreme climate fuelled weather events are already becoming commonplace. Rising seas and growing wildfires are erasing entire cities. Floods, droughts and heat waves are already displacing homes, forcing migration, and killing people.<\/p>\n

When the students that led this week\u2019s marches look at the science they know that their future is literally on the line.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ve heard the 11-year window scientists have given us to act and cut our emissions in half (even shorter if you live in an industrialized nation like Canada) and they see our world leaders failing.<\/p>\n

Send a message to your political candidates today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

They see our politician\u2019s commitments falling far short of what is necessary and they see them failing to treat a crisis that directly impacts the safety of their future, like the emergency it is.<\/p>\n

That is why a little over a year ago today Greta Thunberg made her sign and started the first climate strike. She sat alone and then with a few friends and now, a year later, she stands with millions.<\/p>\n

Friday was beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Halifax, Climate Strike. ? Sean McMullen.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ottawa, Climate Strike. ? Karolina Krym.<\/p><\/div>\n

I was at the march in Montreal while as the speeches began km\u2019s away (and hours after the march started) the end of the march finally left its starting point. The streets were full of the hope and the rage of people all following the Indigenous youth that led the way.<\/p>\n

Other than Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, all the major political party leaders were in the marches.<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think with that type of awareness and common understanding Canada would have already acted and be leading the way in the transition but that\u2019s the exact disconnect these marches are trying to bridge – the disconnect between the talk and the actions and decisions our governments make.<\/p>\n

I heard from many strikers that they are tired of the accolades they get from adults. They don\u2019t want to know how much you admire them, they want to know what you are going to do to save their future and our collective present.<\/p>\n

Friday was a clear demonstration that people across Canada want action on the climate crisis.<\/p>\n

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Toronto, Climate Strike. ? Ian Willms.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Victoria, Climate Strike.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Winnipeg, Climate Strike.<\/p><\/div>\n

In the days, and months and years ahead we are going to have to fight for that future again and again. So make a commitment with me here today that yesterday won\u2019t be just a historic event but will be the turning point. Let\u2019s commit to fighting for that world and supporting each other while we do in the streets, in the courthouses, our office places and at the ballot box.<\/p>\n

Onwards.<\/p>\n

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Send a message to your political candidates today.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

And if you’re in Vancouver<\/a> or Montreal<\/a> help continue the momentum this Saturday. Register now.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the final wrap-up numbers for strikes in Canada:
\nVancouver – 80,000
\nVictoria – 20,000
\nMontreal – 500,000!!!!!!
\nHalifax – 10,000
\nEdmonton – 4,000
\nWinnipeg – 10,000
\nOttawa – 10,000 – 30,000
\nToronto – 50,000 – 100,000
\nSherbrooke – 5,000
\nQuebec City – 20,000 – 25,000
\nSackville NB 150
\nSudbury ON 1000
\nIqaluit NU 50
\nFredericton NB 1000
\nCharlottetown PEI 100s
\nKitchener-Waterloo ON >5000
\nNelson BC 1000
\nSaskatoon 2000
\nBarrie On 1000+
\nSaskatoon 3000
\nWindsor ON 500
\nWoodstock NB 150
\nStJohns NL thousands
\nPeterborough 100s
\nBracebridge ON 200
\nCalgary AB 1000
\nCaraquet NB 300
\nChambly QC 300
\nCollingwood 500
\nLondon 500
\nYellowknife 1000
\nEdmundston NB 1000
\nMississauga 100
\nMilton 100
\nNicolet, QC 360
\nNorthBay 110
\nPenticton, BC 400
\nRegina 1000
\nRevelstoke -100’s
\nSarnia 700
\nThunderBay 600
\nVaudreuilDorion, QC 3000
\nWoodstock ON 150
\nWolfville NS 100
\nSaint-J\u00e9r\u00f4me, QC 800<\/p>\n

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