Occupations spread to Streets and Squares across Canada / A look at Occupy actions from coast-to-coast http://www.dominionpaper.ca/articles/4229

Thousands of people showed up in Montreal's Square Victoria, at the heart of the city's financial district. During the opening general assembly, seen above, it was renamed The People's Square. On Sunday night, one count placed the number of tents at over 100.

Hundreds of people marched from Banker's Hall to Olympic Plaza in Calgary. They erected tents at the park and vowing to camp out indefinitely in the city seen as the heart of Canada's oil industry and home to some of the country's largest corporations.

The Kanienkah Flag flies prominently at the front of Toronto's Oct. 15 march. Toronto—like most of Canada, or Turtle Island—is already occupied land; Toronto specifically being part of the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Calling for occupations on land that is already being occupied has led many to instead call for a Decolonize Canada movement.

In Ottawa, hundreds marched to Confederation Park. Protesters have set up more than thirty tents. There are also areas for food and first aid, and an information booth. “What originally inspired me to join any type of movement against global corporate greed first begun in the spring with the Arab Spring,” University of Ottawa student Omar Abdul told the Media Co-op. “It really motivated me because I am from Yemen, and Yemen is going through a revolution right now.”