page_title: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day
section_title: Canadian Campaigns
hierarchical_section_title: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day / List of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Campaigns / Canadian Campaigns
caption_attribution_description: English: Official PAiL Campaign Ribbon
context_page_description: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is a day of remembrance for pregnancy loss and infant death, which includes, however is not limited to, miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and the death of a newborn.
  Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed on October 15 of each year, in: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Australian States of Western Australia, New South Wales, New Zealand, Italy, Ireland, Denmark, France, Norway, Kenya, Latin America, Central America, South America, Russia, Germany, South Africa, Japan, China and Kyrgyzstan; more countries join in observation each year, officially or otherwise. The day is observed with remembrance ceremonies and candle-lighting vigils, concluding with the Lights of Love International Wave of Light, a worldwide lighting of candles and campaign illuminations, that circumnavigate the globe beginning at 7:00 p.m., in each respective time zone.
  The official Awareness Colors of the cause are light pink and baby blue and are synonymous with the campaigns awareness ribbon.
context_section_description: PAiL Canada is the official legislative campaign lobbying for formal observation of October, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and October 15, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across Canada. In October 2005 following former New Brunswick Minister of Health and Wellness, Hon. Elvy Robichaud's declaration, formally recognizing October 15, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across the province, founder and international ambassador, Terra-Lynn Coggan, who initiated and commenced the Canadian Campaigns in 2003, subsequent to her family's loss; motivated by the stillbirth of her nephew Riley Joseph, her lobby of the Canadian Federal Government for formalized National observation of both, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month and Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, respectively.
  Historic Precedence - New Brunswick, Canada
  New Brunswick, Canada is the first province or state and country in the world to officially observe October 15 Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, with declaration in both official languages, English and French, in acknowledgement and observation thereof, issued by the New Brunswick Department of Health and Wellness, October 12, 2005.
  Through the lobby effort of Terra-Lynn Coggan, a Saint John resident with the assistance of former Saint John-Champlain MLA Roly MacIntyre, New Brunswick Minister of Health and Wellness, Hon. Elvy Robichaud declared October 15, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day across the province, October 12, 2005, citing "Miscarriage and infant death are a source of grief, often silent, for mothers, fathers, siblings and grandparents."
  He called on provincial residents to help promote "support, education and awareness for grieving parents who have lost children during pregnancy or shortly after birth.
  CANADA
  On October 15th, 2018, Tom Kmiec, Calgary Shepard M.P., rose in the House of Common’s in observation and support of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, sharing his family’s lived experience, the result of the death of daughter, Lucy- Rose, citing:
  "Mr. Speaker, today is national Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, a day to remember mothers and fathers who lost their babies by miscarriage or stillbirth and infant loss.
  The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada estimates up to 20% of pregnancies end in a miscarriage.
  Over the summer, my family said goodbye to our youngest daughter, Lucy-Rose, after only 39 days. I want to thank the staff at the neonatal intensive care unit, the doctors, the paramedics, the police, our First Alliance Church members and the many, many neighbours who dropped off food, comforting cards and gave us hugs at the door. I also want to thank the many parliamentarians who sent my family kind notes and expressed their sorrow.
  Too often we prize a long life of achievements over a life well lived, filling the hearts of those around us with warmth and compassion. On this day, let us grieve with the parents who have lost a child, as well as the siblings who lost a lifelong best friend.
  Next time members are home, they should hug their kids. If they are old and have their own, hug them anyway, even if they protest. Life is too short and none of us knows when our time will come."
  Alberta
  ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ
  British Columbia
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
  Manitoba
  Bill 226 officially declared October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day in Manitoba in 2008.
  Newfoundland and Labrador
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
  North West Territories
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
  Nova Scotia
  Bill 38 in Nova Scotia in 2017 observers October 15, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day
  Nunavut
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
  Ontario
  Bill 141 An Act to require research to be undertaken and programs to be developed for pregnancy loss and infant death and to proclaim October 15 as Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day across Ontario received Royal Assent 2015
  Prince Edward Island
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
  Quebec
  ᴾᵉⁿᵈⁱⁿᵍ ᴺᵒᵗⁱᶜᵉ ᵒᶠ ᴼᶠᶠⁱᶜⁱᵃˡ ᴼᵇˢᵉʳᵛᵃᵗⁱᵒⁿ
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caption: Official PAiL Campaign Ribbon[1]
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