Thousands of people took to the streets of Montreal Sunday morning in a march to show solidarity with the people of France following the terrorist attacks in that country last week.
The silent trek started at Place des Arts and ended at the French consulate on McGill College Ave.
People from all over the world came out to the march, holding French flags, pencils, political cartoons and peace signs.
Mayor Denis Coderre was among the marchers. Mirroring world leaders in Paris, Coderre walked alongside French Consul General Bruno Clerc and Quebec Education Minister Yves Bolduc, arms linked.
The crowd observed a moment of silence in front of French consulate, then broke out into La Marseillaise, France's national anthem,and began chanting "Charlie," in reference to the employees of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo who were killed in the first event of a terror-filled three days in France.
Premier Philippe Couillard was present at a vigil in Quebec City Sunday.
The crowd marched from Laval University to the French consulate office in the provincial capital.
Inside, Couillard signed a book of condolences.
He later talked about the need to show solidarity with France and said the international community is speaking with one voice today.
"We are here together to say no, no to violence, no to fanatics, no to extremism, yes to democracy, and yes, of course, to freedom of expression," he said.
Those rallies were two of many going on across Canada and the world – events are planned in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver.
An anti-terror march in France Sunday lasted most of the day and attracted a record number of people.
In New York City, hundreds of mostly French-speaking New Yorkers braved below-freezing temperatures and held pens aloft at a rally in Washington Square Park, where a leather-clad pole dancer gyrated in a provocative display meant to reflect the over-the-top cartoons in Charlie Hebdo.
More than 500 Australians and French nationals stood side by side in downtown Sydney holding signs bearing the words "Je suis Charlie."
And a couple of hundred people, mostly French residents of Japan, gathered in the courtyard of the French Institute in Tokyo, holding a minute of silence and singing "La Marseillaise," the French national anthem.
-- with files from The Associated Press
A previous version of this story referred to Yves Bolduc as the health minister, when he is in fact the education minister. We regret the error.
