Remembrance Day is taken very seriously in Canada, and is actually a public holiday unlike in the UK. It seems to concentrate far more on the actual veterans, rather than being used to glorify the military as in UK, where current military commanders take part. Many veterans took part in civilian dress which I don't remember seeing in the UK.
There's currently 8 veterans from WW1 still alive, 180,000 from WW2 and 14,000 from the Korean War. Canada joined in WW2 from the beginning, being a member of the British Empire at the time, but perhaps reinforced by the fact that France was quickly occupied.
At school there was a special assembly the previous day. Although it sounds corny, the most tearjerking bit was when pictures that the kindergarten had drawn were shown whilst Loius Armstrong's 'What A Wonderful World' was played ("I see trees of green", etc - "the dark night" was good with the screen filled with black scribble). It was done as well as anything similar you'd expect to see on TV.
There's currently Canadian troops in Afghanistan (where the majority of her fatalities have been caused by the US), and (I believe) Hiati.