Canadian war cemeteries are sites for the burial of Canadian military personnel who died in conflicts since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Most of the graves are for the dead in the First and Second World Wars. But, some are for conflicts since 1945.
Most are found abroad—mainly in Europe—and a few are within Canada. The majority are public cemeteries and many are shared with other countries, some with the Commonwealth of Nations, usually administered by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Europe Belgium Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Florenville Cemetery Saint Mary Cemetery
Cyprus Dhekelia Cemetery
Denmark Copenhagen Cemetery
England Brookwood Cemetery Cliveden Cheadle-Gatley Farnborough Gosport Hebburn Helston Langar North Luffenham Portland, Dorset – Royal Naval Cemetery Radcliffe-On-Trent Seaton St. Merryn Wallasey-Wirral
France Adanac Military Cemetery, Courcelette – First World War Ars-laquenexy Bayeux War Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Bayeux – Second World War Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Bény-sur-Mer – Second World War Bistroff Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, Bretteville-sur-Laize – Second World War Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-lez-Cambrai – First World War Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Pas-de-Calais – First World War Choloy Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, Dieppe – Second World War Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais – First World War Le Vigan Lelling Marville Metz Piennes St. Avold Y Ravine Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel – First World War
Germany Arnsberg Durnbach Dörlinbach Hannover Iserlohn Karlsruhe Kippenheim Kuppenheim Lahr Rheinburg British War Cemetery Rheindalen Rheinmünster-Söllingen Werl Willstatt Zweibrücken
Italy Agira – Second World War Cagliari Cerami, Provincia di Enna, Sicilia Moro River Ortona Villanova
Netherlands
Holten Nijmegen Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery – Second World War
Northern Ireland Belfast City
Scotland Arbroath Glasgow Lossiemouth
Asia Hong Kong Sai Wan War Cemetery - Second World War Stanley Military Cemetery - Second World War
Japan Commonwealth War Cemetery - Yokohama, Japan
South Korea United Nations Memorial Cemetery
North America Canada Beechwood Cemetery - Ottawa, Ontario Notre Dame Cemetery - Ottawa, Ontario Brookside Cemetery - Winnipeg, Manitoba
References
See also Commonwealth War Graves Commission