The Stratford-Perth Archives is getting ready to host a free workshop on researching First World War service records.

The long journey of Pte. Sentaro Omoto, a Japanese Canadian soldier who served in the First World War, was commemorated on Tuesday at Mountain View Cemetery

A Nipawin woman has reached an extraordinary milestone, celebrating her 100th birthday surrounded by family an...

Every family has a story. Discover yours with genealogy expert Linda Yip. Learn the "work backwards" method on May 5. Free and online! (134

This page is for online participation. If you wish to join the program in-person, please visit the Hybrid In-person page. "The 200 men go not only as soldiers to fight in the Canadian war. They go to ...

A B.C. Century Farm started with the dream of a soldier on the battlefields of WWI.

There will be a presentation and launch of a website for a project aiming to collect data on war brides - spec...

A new exhibit honouring British and European war brides who arrived in New Brunswick during the Second World War has just opened to the public at 5th Canadian Division Support Base Gagetown.

Explore the history of Canada's quarantine stations, including Albert Head and William Head, and their roles during 19th-century pandemics.

When Amber took a DNA test, she uncovered her grandfather’s Canadian half-brother—solving a 79-year WWII mystery. Read how their families reunited.

A photograph from a telegraphers union meeting. An Italian restaurant menu from Toronto. A newspaper clipping covering a graduating class of Royal Canadian Air Force engineers. What do all those have ...

Share this… Copy Facebook Bluesky Threads Twitter Linkedin Print Let’s face it. Women have the capacity to change the world. Those who apply their vision, intelligence, and creativity, with integrity,...

The imposing brick armoury along Victoria’s Bay Street will soon be renamed after a First World War general with ties to the city.

Finding the plaque has sparked a modern-day quest to find a family member who could rightfully claim it

Today, the National Silver Cross Mother is chosen by the Legion among nominations made by Legion Provincial Commands and individuals to represent the mothers of Canada at the National Remembrance Day ...

Moose Jaw's Wendy Parsons recalls the story about her mother, Joyce Carter, becoming a war bride and moving to Saskatchewan after the Second World War.

This year marks 80 years since the end of the Second World War and the liberation of Europe. Eight decades later we reflect on Canada’s contributions to the war effort,…

Nearly 60 years before Terry Fox’s famous cross-Canada journey, a pair of First World War veterans attempted a similar feat.

Five brothers in the Brown family all enlisted in the Great War more than a century ago and, miraculously, all came home.

Emerson Bates of Burk's Falls, Ont. was just 16 years old when he tried to enlist to fight for Canada in the First World War.

After the First World War, two war amputees raised the profile of disabled veterans and challenged ableism as they trekked 2,000 kilometres from Calgary to Thunder Bay.

A Western University history professor's First World War postcard project is being employed in communities, sc...

The Unicorn Collective's "The War Brides Are Coming" marks 80 years since VE-Day and the arrival of Canada’s war brides.

Familiar refrain to War Brides docking at Pier 21 in 1946.

The Olds Historical Society is partnering with the Unicorn Collective to present “The War Brides Are Coming,” a moving stage production celebrating the 80th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe...

Hear poignant stories of love, loss and reunion from World War I and II.   During times of conflict, love and relationships continued to play an important role in the lives of service personnel and th...

In 1918, Canada sent troops to Russia as part of an Allied intervention to support Russian government forces against Bolshevik revolutionaries. One group of C...

Learning of a family connection to the First World War, Brandon Marriott dug into an archive of letters to explore the personal side of war.