Stand with Indigenous women on May 5

If a similar proportion of women in the city of Ottawa were missing or murdered over the past 20 years—let’s say 700—it would be a crisis. That’s close to the proportion compared to the overall Indigenous population. But Indigenous women?

Red Dress Day is May 5, a day to remember those lost: Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls. The red dress signifies this loss of Indigenous women. There will be events in many cities, including in Ottawa, writes Rose LeMay. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

May 4, 2026

OTTAWA—Red Dress Day is May 5, a day to remember those lost: Canada’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous women and girls. The red dress signifies this loss of Indigenous women. There will be events in many cities, including in Ottawa.

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