Prime Minister Mark Carney and other federal party leaders will travel to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., to attend a vigil commemorating the victims of Tuesday's shooting.
The small community is reeling from the shooting that left nine dead and more than 25 injured in one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history.
Carney was invited to attend Friday's vigil by Tumbler Ridge Mayor Darryl Krakowka, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP interim Leader Don Davies and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May are all expected to attend.
The House of Commons put its usual proceedings on pause on Wednesday.
Following a moment of silence, party leaders made somber statements in the House chamber during the time that is typically reserved for question period. Instead of the usual heckles and cheers from each side of the aisle, the nearly full chamber was largely silent as leaders paid tribute to the victims and first responders.
Carney said the violence has "left our nation in shock" and his thoughts are with the parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters of those who were taken in a series of horrific events Tuesday in the small mining town in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.
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