The picture of Aylan Kurdi, which has been seen around the world, has highlighted the plight of desperate migrants risking their lives to try to reach Europe, a wave of migration driven by war and deprivation that is unparalleled since World War II.
Everyone at the memorial walked to the waterfront to release balloons in memory of the boys after a memorial service in Vancouver.
Family and friends remembered the two kids and their mother as 'the three angels who woke the world', the family grieved their loss.
Conservative minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay paid her respect at the memorial.
Tima Kurdi aunt of late brothers Alan and Ghalib Kurdi was comforted by her husband, Rocco Logozzo, as she addressed the people at the memorial service for the boys and their mother in Vancouver. Tima Kurdi said she wants to bring her family to
Aylan's body was discovered on a Turkish beach in sneakers, blue shorts and a red shirt on Wednesday after the small rubber boat he and his family were in capsized. They were among 12 migrants who drowned off the Turkish coast of Bodrum that day.
Family and friends gathered together in vancouver on Saturday to bid their last goodbye to the two little Syrian boys and their mother, refugees who drowned in Turkey trying to reach the shores of Greece.
Last goodbye: Memorial service for Aylan Kurdi in Vancouver