Canadian war cemeteries are sites for burial for

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

military personnel for conflicts since 1867. Most of the graves are for the dead in

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, but some are for conflicts since 1945. Most are found abroad (mainly in Europe) and a few within Canada. Most are public cemeteries and many shared with other countries (some with the

Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the ...

, usually administered by the

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ...

). ;Europe * Belgium **

Adegem Adegem is a village and ''deelgemeente'' (sub-municipality) in the municipality of Maldegem in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The village is located about east of Bruges. History The area around Adegem was mapped between 1993 and 1995 ...

Canadian War Cemetery ** Florenville Cemetery ** Saint Mary Cemetery * Cyprus ** Dhekelia Cemetery * Denmark ** Copenhagen Cemetery * England **

Brookwood Cemetery Brookwood Cemetery, also known as the London Necropolis, is a burial ground in Brookwood, Surrey, England. It is the largest cemetery in the United Kingdom and one of the largest in Europe. The cemetery is listed a Grade I site in the Regi ...

Cliveden Cliveden (pronounced ) is an English country house and estate in the care of the National Trust in Buckinghamshire, on the border with Berkshire. The Italianate mansion, also known as Cliveden House, crowns an outlying ridge of the Chiltern ...

** Cheadle-Gatley ** Farnborough ** Gosport ** Hebburn ** Helston ** Langar ** North Luffenham **

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

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- Royal Naval Cemetery ** Radcliffe-On-Trent ** Seaton ** St. Merryn ** Wallasey-Wirral * France **

Adanac Military Cemetery Adanac Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I located near the French villages of Miraumont, Pys and Courcelette and contains 3,187 interments, 1483 of whom are identified. The cemete ...

, Courcelette - World War I ** Ars-laquenexy ** Bayeux War Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Bayeux - World War II **

Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery The Bény-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery (french: Cimetière militaire canadien de Bény-sur-Mer) is a cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the early stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. It is locat ...

Bény-sur-Mer Bény-sur-Mer (, literally ''Bény on Sea'') is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region, in northwestern France. It lies 5 km south of Bernières-sur-Mer and 13 km north of Caen. World War II During World War II, ...

- World War II ** Bistroff **

Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery is a war cemetery containing predominantly Canadian soldiers killed during the later stages of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. It is located close to the village of Cintheaux and name ...

Bretteville-sur-Laize Bretteville-sur-Laize () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-World War II construction. Population ...

- World War II ** Canada Cemetery, Tilloy-lez-Cambrai - World War I ** Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Pas-de-Calais - World War I ** Choloy **

Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is a Second World War military war grave cemetery, located in the village of Hautot-sur-Mer, south of Dieppe in Normandy, France. It contains Canadian and British soldiers killed during the Dieppe Raid on the 18/19 ...

Dieppe Dieppe (; Norman: ''Dgieppe'') is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. Dieppe is a seaport on the English Channel at the mouth of the river Arques. A regular ferry service runs to N ...

- World War II ** Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais - World War I ** Le Vigan ** Lelling ** Marville ** Metz ** Piennes ** St. Avold **

Y Ravine Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery Y Ravine Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of World War I situated on the grounds of Beaumont Hamel Newfoundland Memorial Park near the French town of Beaumont-Hamel. History and layout "Y" Ravine runs ...

Beaumont-Hamel Beaumont-Hamel () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. During the First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was close to the front line, near many attacks, especially during the Battle of the Somme, one of the larg ...

- World War I * Germany ** Arnsberg ** Durnbach ** Dörlinbach ** Hannover ** Iserlohn ** Karlsruhe ** Kippenheim ** Kuppenheim ** Lahr ** Rheinburg British War Cemetery ** Rheindalen ** Rheinmünster-Söllingen ** Werl ** Willstatt ** Zweibrücken * Italy ** Agira - World War II ** Cagliari ** Moro River Ortona ** Villanova * Netherlands ** ** Holten ** Nijmegen **

Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery and Memorial ( French:''Le Cimetière de Guerre Canadien Groesbeek'', Dutch:''Canadese Oorlogsbegraafplaats Groesbeek'') is a Second World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission military war grave cemetery, locate ...

- World War II * Northern Ireland ** Belfast City * Scotland ** Arbroath ** Glasgow ** Lossiemouth ;Asia * Hong Kong **

Sai Wan War Cemetery Sai Wan War Cemetery is a military cemetery located in Chai Wan, Hong Kong which was built in 1946. The cemetery was created to commemorate soldiers of Hong Kong Garrison who perished during the Second World War. The cemetery also contains 12 W ...

- World War II **

Stanley Military Cemetery Stanley Military Cemetery is a cemetery located near St. Stephen's Beach in Stanley, Hong Kong. Along with the larger Hong Kong (Happy Valley) Cemetery, it is one of two military cemeteries of the early colonial era, used for the burials ...

- World War II * South Korea **

United Nations Memorial Cemetery The United Nations Memorial Cemetery in Korea (UNMCK; ), located at Tanggok in the Nam District,; also seeKorea 1:50,000 Pusan Sheet 7019 III (1947) an City of Busan,As a transliteration from Korean, the city name 부산 () was typically spel ...

; North America * Canada ** Beechwood Cemetery - Ottawa,

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** Notre Dame Cemetery - Ottawa,

** Brookside Cemetery -

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