Veterans & Military
17 curated official resources. Search and filter these in the directory →
Federal
- Canadian Armed Forces — Forces.ca CareersCAF occupations, enrolment steps, and serving-member resources
- Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare ServicesCFMWS programs, family services, CANEX discounts, and SISIP financial services
- Canadian Military Journal — ArchiveRead the CAF and DND's quarterly professional journal online, with a full back-issue archive of peer-reviewed articles on defence and security since 2000.
- Canadian Virtual War MemorialSearchable registry of Canada's war dead — over 120,000 records with photographs, service numbers, units, and burial locations, maintained by Veterans Affairs. Community photo submissions accepted.
- DND — Official Military LineagesLook up the official lineage, battle honours, badge, motto, and marches of every authorized Canadian Armed Forces unit since 1855, maintained by DND historians.
- DND/CAF — Current Operations ListFilterable list of every current Canadian Armed Forces operation at home and abroad, with mission details, locations, and start dates.
- DND/CAF Ombudsman — Military Benefits BrowserThe Office of the National Defence and Canadian Armed Forces Ombudsman's tagged, searchable index of military benefits for CAF members, veterans, and families — covering finances, life skills, transition to civilian life, and more — each entry with program details and contact information.
- Library and Archives Canada — First World War Personnel RecordsSearch roughly 622,000 digitized First World War service files of the Canadian Expeditionary Force by name, regimental number, or place of enlistment.
- Library and Archives Canada — Military Medals, Honours and Awards (1812–1969)Search medal registers, honours and citation cards for awards from the War of 1812, Fenian Raids, North West 1885 and WWI/WWII conduct medals — useful as proof of service where no service file exists.
- Library and Archives Canada — Second World War Personnel Records (Service Files — War Dead)WWII counterpart to the WWI database: search the open service files of the 44,090 Canadians who died in service 1939–1947 — attestation, service, medical, medals and death records, with genealogy packages digitized via Ancestry (free account). Survivors' files via ATIP.
- VAC — Prescription Drug Formulary Search (POC 10)Veterans Affairs Canada's searchable Prescription Drug Formulary (Program of Choice 10): the database of prescription medicines covered for eligible veterans, serving members, RCMP members, and their dependants/survivors, with special-authorization pathways for less common or higher-cost drugs.
- VAC — Search Treatment Benefits (Benefit Grid)Veterans Affairs Canada's national Benefit Grid database: searchable coverage details for benefits and services across VAC's fourteen Programs of Choice, filterable by program, province, keyword, and benefit code, showing frequencies and dollar limits. Updated weekly; dental (POC 4), medical (POC 6), and prescriptions (POC 10) are handled separately.
- Veterans Affairs Canada — Benefits NavigatorInteractive guide to VAC benefits based on your service background and needs
- Veterans Affairs Canada — Books of Remembrance SearchSearch the names inscribed in Canada's Books of Remembrance and view the digitized page where each of the fallen is commemorated in the Peace Tower.
- Veterans Affairs Canada — My VAC AccountSecure portal for veterans to apply for benefits, track claims, and manage services
- War Memorials in CanadaSearchable database of Canadian war memorials, cenotaphs, and commemorative monuments
Agency
- Project '44 — WWII Interactive MapFollow Canadian units across WWII Europe day by day — 150,000+ mapped unit positions traced from digitized war diaries, from D-Day to VE Day.