--- description: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lauded the people who participated in the Women's March across Canada title: Justin Trudeau Praises the Women's Marches in Canada as Inspirational image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e2408334fa0ef7e/6988b6b4cd1bba8e2e703b15/toronto-womens-march-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Justin Trudeau Praises the Women's Marches in Canada as Inspirational by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 22, 2017 5:06 PM CUT  Protesters march gather in Nathan Phillips Square, in support of the Women's March on Washington, in Toronto on Jan. 21, 2017. Protesters march gather in Nathan Phillips Square, in support of the Women's March on Washington, in Toronto on Jan. 21, 2017.Frank Gunn—The Canadian Press/AP by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jan 22, 2017 5:06 PM CUT Canada Prime Minister [Justin Trudeau](http://time.com/4633389/jane-fonda-justin-trudeau-canada-oil-pipelines/ "undefined") lauded the people who participated in the [Women’s March](http://time.com/4642403/womens-march-washington-turnout/ "undefined") across Canada on Saturday. “Congratulations to the women and men across Canada who came out yesterday to support women’s rights. You keep your government inspired,” Trudeau wrote on Twitter. Women [throughout the world](http://time.com/4642281/womens-marches-world-washington/?xid=homepage "undefined") joined in “sister marches” in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of women who [marched in Washington D.C.](http://time.com/4642376/women-march-trump-inauguration-washington-antarctica/ "undefined") in opposition to Donald Trump’s presidency. Thousands of women marched in Toronto on Saturday, along with other cities across the country > [](https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/823207504217833474) Trump on Sunday morning called into question whether the participants had voted actually in the election—though there’s no indication that they didn’t. In a later tweet, he called peaceful protests “a hallmark of our democracy.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/823150055418920960) > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/823174199036542980) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4642711/justin-trudeau-womens-march-canada/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4642711/justin-trudeau-womens-march-canada/"},"headline":"Justin Trudeau Praises the Women's Marches in Canada as Inspirational","datePublished":"2017-01-22T17:06:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:51:52.936Z","description":"Women and men across Canada participated in \"sister marches\" in solidarity with the Women's March in Washington D.C.","url":"https://time.com/4642711/justin-trudeau-womens-march-canada/","keywords":["Canada","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e2408334fa0ef7e/6988b6b4cd1bba8e2e703b15/toronto-womens-march-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e2408334fa0ef7e/6988b6b4cd1bba8e2e703b15/toronto-womens-march-protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Womens March","caption":"Protesters march gather in Nathan Phillips Square, in support of the Women's March on Washington, in Toronto on Saturday, January 21, 2017. Protests are being held across Canada today in support of the Women's March on Washington. Organizers say 30 event","creditText":"Frank Gunn—The Canadian Press/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4642711/justin-trudeau-womens-march-canada/","name":"Justin Trudeau Praises the Women's Marches in Canada as Inspirational"}}]}] ```