German-Canadian Remembrance Society

We are a charitable, non-profit organization of Canadian citizens of German descent.

We help support projects, annual events and festivities that align with our vision of being committed to the preservation and promotion of German culture, traditions and heritage. 

German speaking immigrants were among the first pioneers who laid a solid groundwork for the prosperity and beauty we so proudly enjoy. Today over three million Canadians of German, Austrian and Swiss descent make their home in Canada. This group represents a large segment of the Canadian mosaic and is the third largest ethnic group in Canada.

You are invited to join us for

Volkstauertag (Remembrance Day)

Sunday November 17, 2024
2:30 p.m., Woodland Cemetary
and afterwards for

Kaffee & Kuchen at Kitchener Schwaben Club 

See 2024 Volkstauertag details   See Facebook feed 

See GCRS Board of Directors 

Preservation of German Culture

Examples of GCRS activities

2 EVENTS

1. Volkstrauertag ~ Remembrance Day

Sunday November 17, 2024, you are invited to a Memorial Ceremony held at Woodland Cemetery in Kitchener, and afterwards at Kitchener Schwaben Club

See Volkstauertag 2024 details   See Facebook feed of event    


2. German Pioneers Day

Celebrated the day after Thanksgiving, in October


PROJECTS

KW Oktoberfest Carillon
The TimeKeeper is located at William & King Street in Uptown Waterloo


Glockenspiel
Located at the corner of Benton & King Street in Downtown Kitchener

SUPPORT

Concordia Children’s Choir
Spring and Christmas concerts are performed by the Children’s Choir, from the German Language School Concordia, conducted by Angelika Werner

FESTIVITIES

KW Oktoberfest is Canada’s largest Bavarian Festival featuring Onkel Hans and Tante Frieda

Christkindl Market is a festival of German Christmas, held in downtown Kitchener in December


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