E-7642 Recognition of Battle of Ridgeway soldiers Petition Tracker | Signature Growth — Canadian Petition Tracker

Name: Signature data for Canadian e-petition E-7642
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Track E-7642 — Recognition of Battle of Ridgeway soldiers — with 579 signatures and counting. Sponsored by Fred Davies. See signature growth trends and provincial breakdown on PetitionTracker.ca.

Canonical URL: https://petitiontracker.ca/petition/e-7642

Petition Details

Status: Active — open for signatures
Closing date: December 5, 2026
Sponsor: Fred Davies (Niagara South)
Category: Veterans' affairs

Signature Statistics

Total signatures: 579
Daily increase: +6 in the last 24 hours
Seven-day increase: +45 over the last 7 days
Growth velocity: ~6 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: August 7, 2026 — 192 data points recorded

Milestones

Debate threshold (500 signatures) reached on September 25, 2026 — total at that point: 500

Provincial Distribution

Ontario: 428 signatures
British Columbia: 48 signatures
Alberta: 29 signatures
Nova Scotia: 19 signatures
Quebec: 14 signatures
Manitoba: 13 signatures
New Brunswick: 9 signatures
Saskatchewan: 6 signatures
Newfoundland and Labrador: 3 signatures
Prince Edward Island: 1 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
August 7, 2026	7
August 11, 2026	34
August 14, 2026	84
August 16, 2026	221
August 18, 2026	340
August 23, 2026	399
August 28, 2026	428
September 5, 2026	445
September 12, 2026	468
September 19, 2026	492
October 9, 2026	510
October 29, 2026	529
November 11, 2026	579

Petition Text

Petition to the Government of Canada

Whereas:

• The Battle of Ridgeway was fought on June 2, 1866, in what is now Fort Erie, Ontario, by Canadian militiamen defending the territory and people of what would become Canada;

• Nine Canadian militiamen were killed during the Battle of Ridgeway, and additional Canadians later died from wounds or disease contracted during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign;

• Those who died during the campaign were among the first combat dead of what would become the Canadian Army;

• The service and sacrifice of those Canadians are not presently commemorated in Canada’s Books of Remembrance in the Memorial Chamber on Parliament Hill;

• Canada’s Books of Remembrance already commemorate individuals who died defending territories that became part of Canada before Confederation or before their entry into Confederation; and

• Permanent recognition in Canada’s Books of Remembrance would ensure that the Canadians who gave their lives during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign are appropriately honoured as part of Canada’s military history.

We, the undersigned, Citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to formally recognize the nine Canadian militiamen killed at the Battle of Ridgeway, together with the additional Canadians who died from wounds or disease contracted during the 1866 Fenian Raids campaign, by including their names in Canada’s Books of Remembrance, as befits their sacrifice defending our nascent country.