List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients
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The following is a list of Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 recipients of the Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....

, the highest war honour of the British Empire
British Empire
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 and the Commonwealth of Nations
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The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

. The Victoria Cross of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 (Post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters
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 "VC") is a military award for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty while facing a hostile force. It can be awarded to members of the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

 of any rank in any service, and to allies serving under or with Canadian military command; it is the highest honour in the Canadian honours system, placed before all other orders, decorations and medals, including the Order of Canada
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...

, in the Order of Precedence
Order of precedence
An order of precedence is a sequential hierarchy of nominal importance of items. Most often it is used in the context of people by many organizations and governments...

. As of 1993 Canadians were no longer eligible for the British Victoria Cross, for the medal was replaced with a new Canadian Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross (Canada)
The Victoria Cross is a military decoration of Canada modelled on the original British Victoria Cross—instituted in 1856—in both intent and appearance, with several small changes...

—it has yet to be awarded. In appearance the new one is identical to the British medal, but the words are in Latin
Latin
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 instead of English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, as a compromise since both French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 and English could not easily fit on the medal.

The Victoria Cross has been presented to 94 Canadians, or people closely associated with Canada, between its creation soon after the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...

 and 1993 when the Canadian Victoria Cross
Victoria Cross (Canada)
The Victoria Cross is a military decoration of Canada modelled on the original British Victoria Cross—instituted in 1856—in both intent and appearance, with several small changes...

 was instituted. However, no Canadian has received either honour since 1945. Newfoundlanders
Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a British Dominion from 1907 to 1949 . The Dominion of Newfoundland was situated in northeastern North America along the Atlantic coast and comprised the island of Newfoundland and Labrador on the continental mainland...

 who were awarded the Victoria Cross prior to 1949 are listed under List of Newfoundlander Victoria Cross recipients as it was a separate colony and dominion until this date. The majority of Canadian recipients were awarded the medal for actions in the First World War with 71 awards. 16 recipients achieved the award for actions in the Second World War. The remaining recipients were for actions in the Battle of Balaclava
Battle of Balaclava
The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Anglo-French-Turkish campaign to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea...

, the Indian rebellion of 1857
Indian Rebellion of 1857
The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to...

 and the Second Boer War
Second Boer War
The Second Boer War was fought from 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902 between the British Empire and the Afrikaans-speaking Dutch settlers of two independent Boer republics, the South African Republic and the Orange Free State...

. The last living Canadian recipient of the British VC, "Smokey" Smith
Ernest Smith
Ernest Alvia Smith, VC, CM, OBC, CD was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...

, died in August 2005.

According to historian Arthur Bishop, between the inception of the Victoria Cross in 1856 until the end of the Second World War in 1945, Canadians were awarded more Victoria Crosses per capita than any other nationality in the British Empire
British Empire
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.

Recipients

NameDate of actionConflictUnitPlace of actionProvince of Origin Notes
1918* First World War 20th Battalion, CEF
Canadian Expeditionary Force
The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the designation of the field force created by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. Units of the C.E.F. were divided into field formation in France, where they were organized first into separate divisions and later joined together into a single...

Cambrai, France Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

1918 First World War No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron RAF
No. 201 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, until March 2010, operated the Nimrod MR2, based at RAF Kinloss, Moray. It is the only squadron affiliated with Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. This affiliation started in 1935 and is commemorated in the museum on Castle Cornet. Its history goes even...

Forêt de Mormal
Forêt de Mormal
The Forêt de Mormal is a forest in France, near the Franco-Belgian border. It is best known to the British for its role in the retreat from Mons in August 1914. Its lack of passable roads forced I and II Corps of the British army to divide and the two corps did not reunite for some days.- External...

, France
Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...

1917 First World War 3rd Battalion, CEF
3rd Battalion, CEF
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War.It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from Toronto....

Passchendaele, Belgium Ontario
1944* Second World War No. 115 Squadron RAF
No. 115 Squadron RAF
No. 115 Squadron RAF was a Royal Air Force squadron during World War I. It was then equipped with Handley Page O/400 heavy bombers. During World War II the squadron served as a bomber squadron and after the war it flew in a similar role till 1958, when it was engaged as a radio calibration unit...

Trossy St. Maximin, France Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

1915 First World War 7th Battalion, CEF
7th Battalion, CEF
The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...

Kerselaere, Belgium British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

1917* First World War The Leicestershire Regiment Polygon Wood, Belgium Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...

1917 First World War No. 60 Squadron RAF
No. 60 Squadron RAF
No. 60 Squadron of the Royal Air Force was formed in 1916 at Gosport. It is currently part of the Defence Helicopter Flying School based at RAF Shawbury in Shropshire....

Cambrai, France Ontario
1918 First World War Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Ostend, Belgium British Columbia
1918 First World War 8th Battalion, CEF Amiens, France Manitoba
1918* First World War 22nd Battalion, CEF
Royal 22e Régiment
The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...

Meharicourt, France Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

1917* First World War 10th Battalion, CEF Loos, France Ontario
1918* First World War 46th Battalion, CEF Valenciennes, France Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

1915* First World War 1st Battalion, CEF Givenchy, France Ontario
1916* First World War 2nd Battalion
2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, CEF
The 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was created in response to the First World War. The battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario . Men came from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie to join in Canada’s military endeavor...

Pozieres, France Manitoba
1918 First World War 24th Battalion, CEF Fresnes, France Quebec
1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Ontario
1917* First World War 27th Battalion, CEF
27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, CEF
The 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion was the first independent battalion to be raised in Manitoba in the First World War. Officially it was not given a name and fell among the many nameless Canadian battalions raised to conform with the new numbering system introduced by Col...

Acheville, France Saskatchewan
1918 First World War 8th Battalion, CEF Hackett Woods, France Manitoba
1945* Second World War The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada is a militia regiment within the Canadian Forces, based in Toronto, Ontario. The regiment is part of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. It is the only Primary Reserve regiment in Canada to have a parachute role. The regiment consists of the reserve...

Mooshof, Germany Ontario
1918* First World War 13th Battalion, CEF
13th Battalion, CEF
The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....

Amiens, France Nova Scotia
1918 First World War London Regiment
London Regiment
The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. It was first formed in 1908 in order to regiment the various Volunteer Force battalions in the newly formed County of London, each battalion having a distinctive uniform. The Volunteer Force was merged with the Yeomanry in 1908...

Jordan, Palestine Manitoba
1944 Second World War Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps is the armoured branch of service of the Canadian Army, including regular force and reserve regiments.-History:...

Battle of Falaise, France Sakatchewan
1918* First World War Royal Irish Rifles Groagie, France Alberta
1918 First World War 42nd Battalion, CEF Parvillers, France Rungsted, Denmark
1867 Bravery at Sea 24th Regiment of Foot Little Andaman, India Ontario
1854 Battle of Balaclava 33rd Regiment of Foot Balaclava, Crimea Ontario
1915* First World War 13th Battalion, CEF
13th Battalion, CEF
The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....

St. Julien, Belgium Ontario
1918* First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona's Horse is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of Land Force Western Area's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group...

Bois de Moreuil, France British Columbia
1942 Second World War Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Dieppe, France Ontario
1918 First World War 13th Battalion, CEF
13th Battalion, CEF
The 13th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was an active service battalion during the First World War....

Hangard Wood, France New Brunswick
1945* Second World War Fleet Air Arm
Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft. The Fleet Air Arm currently operates the AgustaWestland Merlin, Westland Sea King and Westland Lynx helicopters...

Honshū, Japan British Columbia
1918 First World War Royal Canadian Regiment Cambrai, France New Brunswick
1915* First World War 27th Battalion, CEF
27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, CEF
The 27th City of Winnipeg Battalion was the first independent battalion to be raised in Manitoba in the First World War. Officially it was not given a name and fell among the many nameless Canadian battalions raised to conform with the new numbering system introduced by Col...

Ypres, Belgium Manitoba
1857 Indian rebellion of 1857 HMS Shannon
HMS Shannon (1855)
HMS Shannon was a Liffey-class steam frigate of the Royal Navy.She was originally ordered as a sail driven Leander-class frigate,. but was re-ordered as screw frigate on 4 April 1851. She was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched on 24 November 1855...

Lucknow, India Nova Scotia
1917 First World War 29th Battalion, CEF Lens, France British Columbia
1917 First World War Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
Lord Strathcona's Horse is a regular armoured regiment of the Canadian Forces. Currently based in Edmonton, Alberta, the regiment is part of Land Force Western Area's 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group...

Guyencourt, France Alberta
1917* First World War 1st Battalion Lens, France Ontario
1944 Second World War Royal Lincolnshire Regiment Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar) British Columbia
1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Ontario
1917 First World War 2nd Battalion
2nd (Eastern Ontario Regiment) Battalion, CEF
The 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was created in response to the First World War. The battalion comprised local militia in many regions of Ontario . Men came from as far away as Sault Ste. Marie to join in Canada’s military endeavor...

Passchendaele, Belgium Ontario
1918* First World War 78th Battalion, CEF Bourlon Wood, France Ontario
1944 Second World War No. 162 Squadron RCAF
No. 162 Squadron RCAF
Formed as a Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron at RCAF Station Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada on May 19, 1942 with Canso A aircraft, the squadron spent an uneventful eighteen months on East Coast anti-submarine duty...

Faroes, Atlantic Ontario
1918 First World War 75th Battalion, CEF
75th Battalion, CEF
The 75th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force was formed on 1 July 1915 and was awarded Sixteen Battle Honours for its service during WW I. It was renamed The Mississauga Regiment in 1920 and The Toronto Scottish Regiment in 1921....

Arras, France Ontario
1918* First World War 22nd Battalion, CEF
Royal 22e Régiment
The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...

Neuville-Vitasse, France Quebec
1918 First World War 3rd Battalion, CEF Bourlon Wood, France Ontario
1916 First World War 49th Battalion, CEF
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment , or LER, is a Primary Reserve infantry unit of the Canadian Forces based in Edmonton, Alberta. The LER is part of Land Force Western Area's 41 Canadian Brigade Group...

Courcelette, France Nova Scotia
1917 First World War 49th Battalion, CEF
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)
The Loyal Edmonton Regiment , or LER, is a Primary Reserve infantry unit of the Canadian Forces based in Edmonton, Alberta. The LER is part of Land Force Western Area's 41 Canadian Brigade Group...

Passchendaele, Belgium Alberta
1918* First World War 10th Battalion, CEF Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France Alberta
1917 First World War 47th Battalion, CEF Lens, France n/a
1917* First World War 2nd Battalion, CEF Loos, France Quebec
1918 First World War 102nd Battalion, CEF Cambrai, France Ontario
1917 First World War 38th Battalion, CEF
38th Battalion, CEF
The 38th Battalion, CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was mobilized in Ottawa and recruited in Ottawa, Brockville, Perth, Prescott and Alexandria. An initial draft of five officers and 251 other ranks was sent to England on June 24, 1915...

Vimy Ridge, France Ontario
1918 First World War 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Cambrai, France British Columbia
1944 Second World War The Royal Westminster Regiment
The Royal Westminster Regiment
The Royal Westminster Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve. It is based in New Westminster, British Columbia at The Armouries, located at the corner of 6th and Queens....

River Melfa, Italy British Columbia
1918 First World War 14th Battalion, CEF Gavrelle Sector, France Alberta
1917* First World War Canadian Machine Gun Corps
Canadian Machine Gun Corps
The Canadian Machine Gun Corps was an administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade was organized in the Permanent Force on 3 Nov 1919. The Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade was redesignated the Royal Canadian Permanent Machine Gun Brigade on 16 Jun 1921...

Meetscheele Spur, Belgium Alberta
1918* First World War No. 2 Squadron RFC Albert, France Manitoba
1918 First World War 4th Battalion, CEF Abancourt, France Ontario
1942 Second World War South Saskatchewan Regiment Dieppe, France British Columbia
1918 First World War 16th Battalion, CEF
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...

Arras, France n/a
1917* First World War 16th Battalion, CEF
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...

Thelus, France Saskatchewan
1918* First World War 58th Battalion, CEF Demuin, France Ontario
1918 First World War 4th Canadian Engineers Canal de L'Escaut, France Manitoba
1917 First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...

Passchendaele, Belgium Saskatchewan
1944* Second World War No. 419 Squadron RCAF
No. 419 Squadron RCAF
419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron is an air force unit with the Canadian Forces. The squadron was originally formed during the Second World War as part of the Royal Canadian Air Force...

Cambrai, France Manitoba
1900 Second Boer War Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Army Medical Corps
The Royal Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace...

Wakkerstroom, South Africa New Brunswick
1918* First World War 38th Battalion, CEF
38th Battalion, CEF
The 38th Battalion, CEF was a unit of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force. It was mobilized in Ottawa and recruited in Ottawa, Brockville, Perth, Prescott and Alexandria. An initial draft of five officers and 251 other ranks was sent to England on June 24, 1915...

Drocourt-Queant Line, France Ontario
1917 First World War 52nd Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba
1915 First World War Irish Guards
Irish Guards
The Irish Guards , part of the Guards Division, is a Foot Guards regiment of the British Army.Along with the Royal Irish Regiment, it is one of the two Irish regiments remaining in the British Army. The Irish Guards recruit in Northern Ireland and the Irish neighbourhoods of major British cities...

Cuinchy, France Saskatchewan
1917 First World War 7th Battalion, CEF
7th Battalion, CEF
The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...

Hill 70, France British Columbia
1941 Second World War Winnipeg Grenadiers Mount Butler, Hong Kong Manitoba
1917* First World War 50th Battalion, CEF
The King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)
The King's Own Calgary Regiment , or KOCR, is an armoured unit of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve based at the Mewata Armoury in Calgary, Alberta....

Vimy Ridge, France Alberta
1917 First World War 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year...

Passchendaele, Belgium Yukon
Yukon
Yukon is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River. The word Yukon means "Great River" in Gwich’in....

1918 First World War 16th Battalion, CEF
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...

Cagnicourt, France New Brunswick
1942 Second World War HMS Walney
HMS Walney (Y04)
HMS Walney , launched in 1930 as USCGC Sebago, was a Banff class sloop. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1941 and lost in 1942 in Operation Reservist, an attack on Oran that formed part of Operation Torch...

Oran, Algeria P.E.I
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island is a Canadian province consisting of an island of the same name, as well as other islands. The maritime province is the smallest in the nation in both land area and population...

1918 First World War 7th Battalion, CEF
7th Battalion, CEF
The 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion was a battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force that saw service in the First World War. It was created on 2 September 1914 with recruits from British Columbia. The battalion set off for England on board the Virginian berthed in Quebec. They arrived in...

Arras, France Ontario
1857 Indian rebellion of 1857 61st Regiment of Foot
61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot
The 61st Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1758 and amalgamated into The Gloucestershire Regiment in 1881....

Delhi, India Ontario
1900 Second Boer War Strathcona's Horse Wolwespruit, South Africa n/a
1916* First World War 16th Battalion, CEF
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's)
The Canadian Scottish Regiment is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based on Vancouver Island British Columbia.The regiment is located in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia...

Somme, France British Columbia
1917* First World War 27th Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Nova Scotia
1918 First World War 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles
The 5th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles were a mounted infantry unit of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. The unit was raised from volunteers of the 7th and XIth Hussars from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Formed in 1915, they were transported to England later that year...

Monchy, France Ontario
1915 First World War Canadian Army Medical Corps St. Julien, Belgium Quebec
1917 First World War 43rd Battalion, CEF Passchendaele, Belgium Manitoba
1917* First World War 18th Battalion, CEF Neuville-St.-Vaast, France Ontario
1916 First World War Indian Medical Service
Indian Medical Service
The Indian Medical Service was one of the military medical services, which also had some civilian functions, in British India. It served during the two world wars, and was in existence until the independence of India and Pakistan in 1947...

Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia British Columbia
1944 Second World War Seaforth Highlanders of Canada River Savio, Italy British Columbia
1918* First World War Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is one of the three regular force infantry regiments of the Canadian Army. The regiment is composed of four battalions including a primary reserve battalion, for a total of 2,000 soldiers...

Parvillers, France Manitoba
1917 First World War Fort Garry Horse Masnieres, France Manitoba
1918* First World War 78th Battalion, CEF Amiens, France N.W.T
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

1945 Second World War Essex Scottish Regiment Hochwald Forest, Germany Ontario
1945 Second World War 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
1st Canadian Parachute Battalion
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy on D Day, June 6, 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity...

Rhine, Germany Ontario
1943 Second World War 22nd Battalion
Royal 22e Régiment
The Royal 22nd Regiment is an infantry regiment and the most famous francophone organization of the Canadian Forces. The regiment comprises three Regular Force battalions, two Primary Reserve battalions, and a band, making it the largest regiment in the Canadian Army...

Casa Berardi, Italy Quebec
1900 Second Boer War Royal Canadian Dragoons Komati River, South Africa Quebec
1916* First World War Loyal North Lancashire Regiment La Boiselle, France
1918 First World War 87th Battalion, CEF
87th Battalion, CEF
The 87th Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the unit began recruiting in September 1915 in Montreal, the surrounding districts, and also in mining districts elsewhere in the province...

Dury-Arras Sector, France Quebec
1918 First World War 5th Battalion, CEF Warvillers, France Saskatchewan

See also

  • Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
    Canadian order of precedence (Decorations and Medals)
    The following is the Canadian order of precedence for decorations and medals. Where applicable, post-nominal letters are indicated.-Awards of valour:-National orders:-Provincial orders:-National decorations:-National medals:...

  • Persons of National Historic Significance
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