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'''World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939- 1945)'''
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==Online Records==
*[http://svwm.ca/ Saskatchewan Virtual War Memorial SVWM]
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61084/ Canada, WWI CEF Personnel Files, 1914-1918] at Ancestry ($) - index & images
*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1086 Canada, Soldiers of the First World War, 1914-1918] ($); ''Also at: [https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10409/canada-soldiers-of-the-first-world-war-1914-1918?s=275764761 MyHertiage] ($)''
*[http://www.saskatchewanmilitarymuseum.ca/SSR/Casualty/SSRCAS5D.htm Casualty List--South Saskatchewan Regiment--1939-45--By Date]


Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) service records are available through the Personnel Records Unit of the National Archives of Canada (see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline for the address). These service records contain detailed information from enlistment to demobilization (discharge). Information may include each person's date and place of birth, address at time of enlistment, name and address of next of kin, marital status, occupation, personal description (eye and hair color, height, weight, distinctive marks or scars), and religion. When requesting information from the Personnel Records Unit, please include the person's name, rank, and regiment (where known).  
==Library and Archives Canada==
 
*[https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/Pages/military-heritage.aspx#biographies Military Heritage] Library and Archives Canada. '''''See their several collections.'''''
The Saskatchewan Archives Board has lists of [[Portal:Saskatchewan|Saskatchewan]] volunteers and reservists (1914-1915), the nominal rolls of battalions of the Canadian Expeditionary Force and a list of soldiers from Saskatchewan who died in World War II.
::Library and Archives Canada holds an extensive collection of records of the Canadian men and women who have served their country in the military and in the early years of the North West Mounted Police. There are records relating to Loyalists, the War of 1812, the Rebellions, the South African War, the First World War and the Second World War, many of which are featured in databases, research guides and virtual exhibitions. The records include muster rolls, military service files, unit war diaries, medal registers, photographic collections, documentary art and posters, as well as published sources.
 
==Canada Online Genealogy Records==
A special National Canadian War Register Census was taken in 1940 during World War II. It is available from Statistics Canada, in Ottawa (see the “Archives and Libraries” section of this outline.) Requests for copies of specific records may be sent to the Personnel Records Unit, Researcher Service Division of the National Archives of Canada.
This chart lists many military records collections covering all of Canada: [[Canada Online Genealogy Records|'''Canada Online Genealogy Records''']]
 
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Online Records[edit | edit source]

Library and Archives Canada[edit | edit source]

Library and Archives Canada holds an extensive collection of records of the Canadian men and women who have served their country in the military and in the early years of the North West Mounted Police. There are records relating to Loyalists, the War of 1812, the Rebellions, the South African War, the First World War and the Second World War, many of which are featured in databases, research guides and virtual exhibitions. The records include muster rolls, military service files, unit war diaries, medal registers, photographic collections, documentary art and posters, as well as published sources.

Canada Online Genealogy Records[edit | edit source]

This chart lists many military records collections covering all of Canada: Canada Online Genealogy Records