Veterans' Services

The Royal Canadian Legion`s Definition of a Veteran

Resolution VSS1 was passed at the 38th Dominion Convention of The Royal Canadian Legion in Halifax in 2000. So as there is no confusion over the definition of a veteran for Legion purposes the text of the Resolution as passed is reproduced here for your information.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the definition of a veteran for the purposes of The Royal Canadian Legion be as follows:

"A veteran is any person who is serving or who has honourably served in the Armed Forces of Canada, the Commonwealth or its wartime allies; or who has served in the Merchant Navy or Ferry Command during wartime."

Ref.: http://www.legion.ca/BB_05/05-037.htm
Veterans Benefits

Benefits you may be entitled to are:

  • 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.

The Provincial Service Officer for Eastern Ontario is:

John A. Morrison
Ontario Command
86 Aird Place, Ottawa, Ontario, K2L 0A1
jmorrison [at] legion[.]ca
Phone: 613-591-0144  
Fax:     613-591-0148

Zone G-5 Service Officer
Ed Schelenz
E-mail: edschelenz@rogers.com
Phone: 613-843-1088
Cell: 613-371-6634

Please refer to the individual Branch page for the names of Chairs
Montgomery 351 Strathcona 595
Eastview 462 Stittsville 618
Westboro 480 Richmond 625
Rockland 554 Orleans 632
Bells Corners 593 Barrhaven 641

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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