March for Life in Ottawa, Canada, 2025 with Thousands of Youth Leading the Way! VIDEO

Thousands of Pro-Lifer's participated in the 28th Annual Pro-Life National March for Life, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Thursday, May 8, 2025. This year's March for Life showed large crowds with a flood of youth! There was police protection from a small number of counter protestors. This year's theme was "Protection at Conception." The March for Life Website explains: Human rights begin when human life begins, and human life begins at conception. Each of us can trace our origins back to our time in the womb; you were once a fetus, and before that, an embryo, and you began your life as a single-celled zygote. There is a scientific consensus on this matter. A survey done of over 5000 biologists found that 96% agreed that life begins at fertilization (or conception—the terms mean the same thing). Unfortunately, Canada has instead arbitrarily and unscientifically chosen to provide human beings protection only after birth (and even then, this protection is patchwork, as infanticide and euthanasia are sometimes permitted). (Image David Cooke)

The crowd was addressed on Parliament Hill by several speakers including Emily Stimpson Chapman  (see video above) and the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus Daniel Duchesne also addressed the marchers. 

Several Members of Parliament stood at front together with religious leaders. Garnett Genuis (image below) and Arnold Vierson (pic left) were notable among civil leaders (MPs) and former MP Dr. Harold Albrecht.    Some Catholic bishops were present on the Hill, including Archbishop Marcel Damphousse, who  addressed the crowd. Religious orders such as Sisters of Life, Servants of the Cross, Companions of the Cross, and Queenship of Mary, had a notable presence.

 He celebrated Mass for the March at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Ottawa, with several bishops and priests con-celebrating. Another Mass for the March was held at St. Patrick's Basilica with retired Archbishop Prendergast presiding. Ukranian Catholic Andrey Sheptytsky Institute said a prayer. Abortion became legal in Canada on May 14, 1969, thus it has been over 50 years. ******************************************************************** 

 There was a Youth Summit and Vigil held prior to the March (video below). Ottawa Archbishop Marcel Damphousse praised the National March for Life in a May 8 homily in Notre-Dame Cathedral, saying that it makes a “huge impact” in helping to reach the goal of protecting life from conception onward. "We've been battling this issue about protecting the unborn for a long time here in Canada, and sometimes in interviews, people ask me, 'Well, Bishop, do you think that these national marches really have an impact? Do they make a difference?'" "And I believe they do have a huge impact." "Maybe not as quickly and as profound as we would like it to happen, but I think this is being faithful to our calling as Christians and providing a voice to those who have no voice.” At this year's National March for Life, thousands of Canadians rallied on Parliament Hill on May 8, demanding from legislators "protection at conception" for preborn children. (Source Pete Baklinski)

 The 28th National March for Life was dedicated to pro-life champions Carol Crosson and Albertos Polizogopoulos, two brilliant constitutional lawyers whose untimely passing left a deep void, but whose tireless advocacy left an enduring legacy in Canadian law and the pro-life movement.

 Full Video of the Vigil on the night before the March for Life: