Day of Mourning 2026: Yukon workers remembered

WHITEHORSE: Yukoners are invited to the Workers’ Memorial in Shipyards Park to commemorate the Day of Mourning. The event will also be streamed online at both the Yukon Federation of Labour’s Facebook page and the YFL website at 12:00 pm on Tuesday, April 28. 

The Day of Mourning is marked annually in Canada on April 28 and is an opportunity to honour those who died in work-related incidents or as a result of occupational disease and reflect upon workers who have been injured on the job.

In 2025, 629 workers were injured in the Yukon, of those, 344 required time away from their jobs to recover. There were four workplace fatalities.


Quotes

The Day of Mourning is an opportunity to pause, remember and honour those who were injured, became ill or who lost their lives on the job. On this day, we come together and renew our commitment to improve health and safety for every worker.

– Yukon Federation of Labour President Ever Ledoux

While today is a day for reflection, we also look forward with a renewed focus on prevention. By building a true culture of safety in our workplaces, we honour the memory of those lives lost or injured at work by recommitting ourselves to protecting the well-being of every person on the job.

 – Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board President/CEO Catherine Jones


Quick facts

  • Every year, on April 28, the nation pauses to remember friends, colleagues and family members who have died or have been injured as a result of a workplace incident or injury. On this date, we renew our commitment to health and safety in the workplace.
  • The Canadian Labour Congress declared April 28 an annual day of remembrance in 1984, and the federal government entrenched it in 1991 in the Workers Mourning Day Act.
  • Outside of Canada, the day is commonly referred to as Workers' Memorial Day. It is observed in more than 100 countries.


Related information


Contact

Taryn Brickner
a/Manager of Communications and Social Marketing
Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board
Phone: 867-332-1462
Email: [email protected] 

Ever Ledoux
President
Yukon Federation of Labour
Phone: 867-456-8250
Email: [email protected]