How Do I Find Out About Someone's Military Service

How to detect military service records and attestation papers

Current armed services service records are constitute at the Department of National Defence force (DND) and and so are transferred to Library and Archives Canada (LAC) for safe keeping.

There are two ways to obtain these records:

You tin search LAC's online databases.
-OR-
You tin send an Admission to Data and Privacy (ATIP) online request to either LAC or DND depending on when the fellow member served.

Need help? Phone LAC at 1-866-578-7777 or transport an email to daiprp-atipd@bac-lac.gc.ca.

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When did the member serve?

Cull one of the following:

Online Database

2d Globe War (1939-1947)

Search the records of 2nd World War - War Expressionless, 1939-1947

Search records of those who died in service between 1939 and 1947, including those killed in action, those who subsequently died of injuries related to service, and those who died as a effect of accident or illness while in service.

ATIP Request

Between 1919-1997 (1919-2007 for reserves)

Send an ATIP Online Request to LAC.

Library and Archives Canada keeps records for those who were in:

the regular forces between 1919 and 1997, including Permanent Force, Second World State of war (those who did not die during the war) and Korea;
-OR-
the reserves between 1919 and 2007 (not all files were retained) ;
-OR-
the Newfoundland Militia who served in the Second Earth War (annotation that non all files were retained).

Service records from this fourth dimension are protected considering they contain personal information.

ATIP Request

Betwixt 1998 to present (2008-present for reserves)

Ship an ATIP Online Request to DND.

DND keeps records for those who were in:

the regular Canadian Forces between ane January 1998 and today AND is either:
- currently serving,
- released from service or
- died in service
-OR-
the reserve Canadian Forces betwixt 1 March 2008 and today AND is either:
- currently serving,
- released from service or
- died in service

Service records from this fourth dimension are protected because they comprise personal information.

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