Photo archives: Jack Layton’s funeral

Then-NDP MP Olivia Chow, front centre, pictured with her family at her husband Jack Layton's state funeral in Toronto on Aug. 27 2011. Layton died on Aug. 22, 2011, of an unspecified cancer, after winning an historic 103 seats in the House of Commons for the NDP. Thousands of people lined the streets when the casket was transported from city hall.

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