A look back at the movement that crippled downtown Ottawa over the past year.
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25
Number of days the protest lasted in Ottawa, from January 28 to February 21, 2022.
676
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, THE PRESS
When 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 February 1, four days after the “Freedom Convoy” arrived. The city police estimate that there were thousands of vehicles during the first weekend of demonstrations, but cannot give exact numbers. On the first day of the police operation, February 18, 237 were left.
Source: Ottawa Police Service
6
Length in kilometers of the convoy of trucks parked in front of Parliament as of the first day of the demonstration, 28 January 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 multiple crowdfunding campaigns, including those on GoFundMe and GiveSendGo.
Source: Emergency Commission
133,836
Number of donors on the GoFundMe platform. The company says they were all reimbursed, despite distributing $1 million to organizers of the convoy 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 body armours, a machete, a large quantity of ammunition and 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 detained at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario and the other border crossings in Coutts, Alberta, Emerson, Manitoba and the Pacific Highway, British Columbia.
Source: Transport Canada
55.5 million
PHOTO SARAH MONGEAU-BIRKETT, LA PRESSE ARCHIVE
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
Federal government funding to the City of Windsor for the cost of policing the Ambassador Bridge, other lost revenue related to the blockade and legal fees.
Source: Federal Ministry for Public Security