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 46 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: 46
Daily increase: +12 in the last 24 hours
Growth velocity: ~12 new signatures per day (7-day average)
Tracking started: August 7, 2026 — 23 data points recorded

Provincial Distribution

Ontario: 35 signatures
British Columbia: 4 signatures
Alberta: 3 signatures
Manitoba: 1 signatures
New Brunswick: 1 signatures
Nova Scotia: 1 signatures
Saskatchewan: 1 signatures

Historical Signature Growth

Date	Signatures
August 7, 2026	7
August 7, 2026	10
August 7, 2026	12
August 8, 2026	13
August 8, 2026	16
August 8, 2026	17
August 8, 2026	19
August 8, 2026	23
August 9, 2026	24
August 9, 2026	26
August 9, 2026	27
August 9, 2026	29
August 9, 2026	30
August 10, 2026	31
August 10, 2026	32
August 11, 2026	33
August 11, 2026	34
August 11, 2026	37
August 12, 2026	39
August 12, 2026	40
August 12, 2026	42
August 12, 2026	45
August 12, 2026	46

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.