A lawn sign campaign spreading across Canada. One sign in your yard. A visible, public statement that you are not looking away. It started on Gabriola Island, BC. It can happen where you live too.
Every pin is a community that has taken a stand. Click a pin to see details. Start the next one.
Because Canada is not a bystander. Canada claims to have an arms embargo on regimes carrying out genocide. It doesn't. Canadian weapons components — F-35 fighter jet parts, explosives, bullets — continue flowing through a legal loophole that routes them through the United States first. Once they cross the border, Canada claims no responsibility for where they go. The bombs dropping on Gaza and elsewhere have Canadian parts in them. Your tax dollars paid for some of what is killing people right now.
The Canadian government knows this. On March 11, 2026, Parliament voted on Bill C-233 — the No More Loopholes Act, introduced by NDP MP Jenny Kwan — which would have closed the loophole and required human rights assessments on all military exports. It was voted down 295 to 22. The Carney government killed it.
Canada votes at the United Nations, where its votes carry weight. And Canada maintains full diplomatic relations with genocidal regimes today — relations that signal acceptance, not opposition.
A sign in your yard won't stop a bomb. But silence is also a statement. Communities across Canada putting up Stop Genocide signs says that people here are paying attention, that we are not looking away, and that we expect better from our country.
Genocide is the deliberate extermination of a people — through mass killing, starvation, displacement, or the systematic destruction of the conditions necessary for survival. It is defined in the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, which Canada has signed, as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group.
The International Court of Justice has ruled there is a plausible case that genocide is being committed in Gaza. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and dozens of legal scholars have reached the same conclusion.
When we say Stop Genocide, we mean this. Not a metaphor. Not hyperbole. This.
That's why Canada.
This started on Gabriola Island with one sign and a dog walk. It can happen anywhere. Here's everything you need.
Download the sign file, open it in Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape (free), and change the URL to your community's domain. Order polybag signs from zooprint.com. Minimum order is 50 signs.
Download Print File (PDF)Polybag signs from zooprint.com start at 50 signs and come in under $5 CAD each with shipping at 200+. For comparison, coroplast signs printed locally run about $41.75 CAD each. Some people will pay. Some won't be able to. You decide.
Door to door is the key driver. Ask people you know first, then walk your street. Deliver personally — it makes a difference. Let neighbours ask neighbours. Don't force it. The sign only works if the person putting it up means it.
Get a localized domain for your community — something like nanaimostandsup.ca or victoriastandsup.ca. Put it on the sign. It anchors the campaign locally and gives people somewhere to go.
Register your community below. We'll add you to the map, list your signs, and link your site. The more visible the campaign is nationally, the stronger it gets everywhere.
A localized sign with your community's name on it. A localized domain pointing to your campaign. Door to door delivery. That's the model.
We started the STOP GENOCIDE campaign on April 14th, 2026. There are now 19 signs across Gabriola Island. It can happen where you live too.
TOGETHER WE CAN DO THIS.
Tell us where you are, how many signs you have up, and how to reach you. We'll add you to the map and connect you with the campaign.
Questions? Email gabriolastandsup@gmail.com
The campaign started on Gabriola Island, BC by Alex Strachan. Visit gabriolastandsup.ca to see how it works.