‘How Canada’s third-largest police force erases Ontario’s majority faith.’
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP,) under the leadership of Commissioner Thomas Carrique, has embraced an expansive recognition of religious and cultural observances.
Yet throughout 2024 and to now in April 2025, Christianity — including Christmas and Easter — has been notably absent from the force’s official acknowledgments. While nearly every major religious and social heritage celebration was publicly marked by the OPP with enthusiasm, Ontario’s most widely observed Christian holidays were reduced to generic seasonal greetings stripped of any reference to their religious significance.
