A look back at the movement that paralyzed downtown Ottawa last year.
25
Number of days the protest lasted in Ottawa, from January 28 to February 21, 2022.
676
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
As the police operation began in Ottawa on February 18, 237 trucks were still occupying the center of the capital.
This is the total number of trucks parked in Ottawa on the 1er February, four days after the arrival of the “freedom convoy”. The municipal police estimate that there were thousands of vehicles during the first weekend of the demonstration, but they cannot provide a precise figure. There were 237 left on the first day of the police operation, February 18.
Source: Ottawa Police Service
6
Length, in kilometers, of the convoy of trucks parked in front of the parliament from the first day of the demonstration, January 28, 2022.
Source: Ottawa Police Service
24 million
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, THE PRESS
A year ago, thousands of protesters stormed the streets of Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Total amount of donations raised by the “freedom convoy” through several crowdfunding campaigns, including those on GoFundMe and GiveSendGo.
Source: Commission on the State of Emergency
133,836
Number of donors on the GoFundMe platform. The company says they were all reimbursed even though it had distributed $1 million to convoy organizers the day before they arrived in Ottawa.
Source: GoFundMe
13
Number of people arrested in Coutts, Alberta on February 14 after Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers seized long guns, handguns, several sets of body armor, a machete, a large quantity of ammunition as well as large capacity magazines.
3.9 billion
PHOTO COLE BURSTON, BLOOMBERG ARCHIVES
The Ambassador Bridge connects Windsor to Detroit.
This is the total value of goods held up at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, and the other border crossings at Coutts, Alberta, Emerson, Manitoba, and the Pacific Highway, British Columbia.
Source: Transport Canada
55.5 million
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Police arrest a protester on Colonel Bay Drive in Ottawa on February 18.
Total costs incurred by the Ottawa Police Service during the “Freedom Convoy”.
Source: City of Ottawa
6.9 million
Funding provided by the federal government to the City of Windsor for the costs of the police operation at the Ambassador Bridge, other lost revenue associated with the blockade and legal fees.
Source: Federal Ministry of Public Security