"Canada's premier defence trade show" is hosted by the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries (CADSI), and held annually at the EY Centre, 4899 Uplands Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, one kilometer northeast of the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport.
Short link to this page: bit.ly/StopCANSEC
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1989: The Origins
• Originally called ARMX, hosted in Lansdowne
• 3000 protesters and 200 arrests
2019
• Smaller pickets; reduced police confrontation
2022-2023: Shift to current protest style
• Post Covid, 10,000 delegates in attendance
• AIA & ILPS involved- more revolutionary spirit
• Parking lot block with banners
2024: Escalation begins
• First CANSEC since genocide began; Palestine front and center
• Increased policing + riot police; 9 arrests in total
• Multiple disruptions: hotel, inside disruption,
Wellington St roadblock, and morning parking lot block
2025
• Roadblock at two different sides
• Increased police presence and violence and riot police; 14 arrests
(Source: YouTube, slide by International League of People’s Struggle, ILPS)
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Don't confuse it with:
- CANSec — the USA Central Area Networking and Security Workshop (ended in 2017, offline in 2021)
- CanSecWest, Vancouver, British Columbia, about digital and computer security
- CANSEC 2023 — Caribbean Nations Security Conference
- CANSEC, Wikipedia.
Updates
2026 May 31 — CANSEC 2026: ‘Still dreaming’ … of a nonkilling world? — 141 photos
2025 June 6 — Protesting the 2025 CANSEC Military Show
2024 — Tarasoff did not attend. — Reflections on the CANSEC arms show in Ottawa and community organizing to stop global human rights violations, by Brent Patterson, Peace Brigades International Canada, April 29, 2024 — History of CANSEC from ARMX 1989.
2023 May 31 — CANSEC 2023 — Protest Photos and News — 190 photos
2022 June 7 — CANSEC 2022: 100s Protest Canada Weapons Show,
2020, 2021 — CANSEC cancelled due to COVID.
2020 January — World Beyond War Global Conference, Ottawa May 26-31, 2020
2020 January — Stop wars! Stop the killings! — A Poem for Our Times
2019 June 4 — Stop CANSEC 2019 : Peace Movement Determined to Shut Down CANSEC Arms Trade Show in Canada — 106 photos
2019 May 15 — Mobilizations against arms shows can learn from each other, by Brent Patterson, Rabble.ca — Cited: 'Ottawa-area peace activist Koozma J. Tarasoff provides an enlightening and inspiring overview of these protests dating back to 2009 in this Spirit-Wrestlers blog post.'
2018 May 30 — 'Music Against War' versus CANSEC
2017 May 31 — Anti-war, Pro-life Demonstration at Canada’s Largest Arms Show, EY Centre + 110 photos
2016 May 24-25 — Peace Protestors at CANSEC 2016, EY Centre + 132 photos, videos, more photo albums — 8 protest locations in 3 days, 3 arrested
2015 May 30 — Protesting CANSEC Weapons Show as ‘Terrorism’, + 125 photos
2014 - 2012 — No CANSEC reports, rather I posted about 25 blogs against war. CANSEC moved to EY Centre near the Ottawa International Airport.
2011 June 16 — Anti-Military Show Rally in Ottawa, Lansdowne Park, June 1-2, 2011, + 142 photos
2010 June 11 — Military-Industrial Complex Show, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, June 1-3, 2010, + 37 photos
2010 May 14 — The Arms Show CANSEC 2010: Ideology and Usefulness in the 21st Century — Letter to Editor, Ottawa Citizen
2009 June 5 — Military-Industrial Complex Show, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa May 27-28, 2009, + 25 photos
1997 May 11 — Mother of All Air Shows! The National Capital Air Show in Ottawa, Canada, held on Mothers' Day, May 11, 1997, displaying militarism, violence and war technology as family fun and entertainment. Narrated by Marion Dewar, former Mayor of Ottawa (1978-1985).
1988 — The Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) was founded to expose and oppose Canada's largest Arms Exhibition — ARMX
Also see my list of reports for the Ottawa Peace Festivals — Archive & History; and many reports about other peace events in Ottawa at Spirit-Wrestlers.com.
2020 January — Stop wars! Stop the killings! — A Poem for Our Times
2019 June 4 — Stop CANSEC 2019 : Peace Movement Determined to Shut Down CANSEC Arms Trade Show in Canada — 106 photos
2019 May 15 — Mobilizations against arms shows can learn from each other, by Brent Patterson, Rabble.ca — Cited: 'Ottawa-area peace activist Koozma J. Tarasoff provides an enlightening and inspiring overview of these protests dating back to 2009 in this Spirit-Wrestlers blog post.'
2018 May 30 — 'Music Against War' versus CANSEC
2017 May 31 — Anti-war, Pro-life Demonstration at Canada’s Largest Arms Show, EY Centre + 110 photos
2015 May 30 — Protesting CANSEC Weapons Show as ‘Terrorism’, + 125 photos
2014 - 2012 — No CANSEC reports, rather I posted about 25 blogs against war. CANSEC moved to EY Centre near the Ottawa International Airport.
2011 June 16 — Anti-Military Show Rally in Ottawa, Lansdowne Park, June 1-2, 2011, + 142 photos
2010 June 11 — Military-Industrial Complex Show, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa, June 1-3, 2010, + 37 photos
2010 May 14 — The Arms Show CANSEC 2010: Ideology and Usefulness in the 21st Century — Letter to Editor, Ottawa Citizen
2009 June 5 — Military-Industrial Complex Show, Lansdowne Park, Ottawa May 27-28, 2009, + 25 photos
1997 May 11 — Mother of All Air Shows! The National Capital Air Show in Ottawa, Canada, held on Mothers' Day, May 11, 1997, displaying militarism, violence and war technology as family fun and entertainment. Narrated by Marion Dewar, former Mayor of Ottawa (1978-1985).
1988 — The Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) was founded to expose and oppose Canada's largest Arms Exhibition — ARMX
Also see my list of reports for the Ottawa Peace Festivals — Archive & History; and many reports about other peace events in Ottawa at Spirit-Wrestlers.com.
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