Veterans' Services
Canadian Veterans' Crisis Line - 800-273-8255

The Legion's definition of a Veteran
 

“A Veteran is any person who is serving or who has honourably served in the Canadian Armed Forces, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies, or as a Regular Member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, or as a Peace Officer in a Special Duty Area or on a Special Duty Operation, or who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime.”
 

Veterans Benefits

Benefits you may be entitled to:

  • Disability Pension Program

  • Attendance Allowance

  • Prisoner of War Compensation

  • Health Care Program

  • Your Health Care Identification Card

  • Veterans Independence Program

  • Merchant Navy Veterans - Services & Benefits

  • Last Post Fund

  • Funeral, Burial and Gravemarking Assistance

  • Income-tested Benefits

Refer to Veterans Services or Services aux anciens combattants at the Veterans Affairs Canada Web Site. Information about obtaining service records can be found at the bottom of this page.

Every Legion Branch has a Service Officer and/or Service Committee. You will be able to obtain information on all programs there and they can help you apply. See below for the list of contacts for Branches in Zone G-5.

The Royal Canadian Legion has 4 full time Service Officers in Ontario as well as Service Officers throughout the rest of Canada to assist you. To locate the nearest one in your area, check the list of Service Officers at the Dominion Command's Web Site in English or en Français.
 

Provincial Service Officer
Will Royle
86 Aird Place, Suite 222
Ottawa, ON K2L 0A1

Phone: 613-591-0144
Toll-free: 888-207-3703
Fax: 613-591-0148
wroyle@on.legion.ca

  Zone G5 Service Officer
Brent Craig
613-851-9296
vets@rcl-zoneg5.ca


 

Branch Service Officers

Barrhaven Branch #641
Service Officer: Anne Cole
VSO.Barrhaven@rcl641.ca
Rockland Branch #554
Service Officer: Stephane Fortin
rcl554.vetsvc@gmail.com
Bells Corners Branch #593
Service Officer: Bruce May
VSO@legion593.com
Richmond Branch #625
Service Officer: Iain Clogg
Phone: 
613-986-8361
E-mail: vsorclbr625@gmail.com
Eastview Branch #462
Service Officer: Andrew Stevenson
service-officer@rcl462.ca
Stittsville Branch #618
Service Officer: Romeo Ravelonjanahary
Phone: 613-406-7127
vso@rcl618.ca
Montgomery Branch #351
Service Officer: Vacant
Phone 613-233-1611
Fax:1-613-565-1902
rcl351@rogers.com
Westboro Branch #480
Service Officer: Brent Craig
Phone: 613-851-9296
vso@rcl480.com
Orleans Branch #632
Service Officer: Kevin Piccott
rcl632orleanssvc02@gmail.com
613-830-9984
 

Whether you are a Legion member or not, Legion Service is free to all veterans.

Service Records

Should you, or a member of your family, wish to obtain your service records, "Library and Archives Canada" should have the information you or they require. Priority service is given to people who require documentation to prove that they qualify for pensions, allowances, claims and other benefits. Note that there may be a fee for obtaining the documentation. Read the instructions carefully before submitting any requests.
 

To check information and print applications for Military records - after 1918:

In English        En Français


 

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