Casualty identification

More than 27,000 Canadian and Newfoundland and Labradorian service members remain missing from the First World War, the Second World War, and the Conflict in Korea. The Casualty Identification Program works to identify the missing.

Services and information

Casualty Identification Program

The Program identifies newly found remains of missing Canadian war dead prior to 1970 and gives them proper burials.

Index of identified casualties

Servicemen identified through the Casualty Identification Program, with links to their biographies.

Casualty identification video

Dr. Sarah Lockyer, forensic anthropologist, describes the Program’s casualty identification process.

Help us identify war dead

Relatives of soldiers with no known grave can register here.

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Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Online tribute to fallen Canadians.

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2026-03-12