List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients

A black-and-white photograph of a man with a beard and short hair looking at the viewer and wearing a button-up jacket displaying four medals

Canadian William Hall was the first black recipient of the Victoria Cross.

The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the United Kingdom honours system. It is awarded for gallantry "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of the United Kingdom and was in the past also awarded to membes of armed forces of Canada and other Commonwealth countries. Canada, like most of the others, has established its own honours systems and no longer recommends VCs and other British honours. The Canadian Victoria Cross was created in 1993, as the highest award in the Canadian honours system.

During the time Canadians were eligible for the VC, it was sometimes awarded posthumously and awarded to a person of any military rank in any service and to civilians under military command. No Canadian civilian ever won the VC. Since the first awards were presented by Queen Victoria in 1857, two thirds of all awards were personally presented by the British monarch of the time. These investitures were usually held at Buckingham Palace.

Background

Established in 1856, the Victoria Cross has been awarded to service personnel for extraordinary valour and devotion to duty mostly while facing a hostile force. Between 1858 and 1881 the Victoria Cross could be awarded for extraordinary actions taken "under circumstances of extreme danger" not in the face of the enemy.<ref name="McCreery2015k">Template:Cite book</ref> Six people were awarded Victoria Crosses under this clause, two of them having a connection to Canada – one to an Irish soldier serving in the British army in Canada for actions taken in 1866 during the Fenian raids; and five (to a Canadian, three Irishmen and an Englishman) for a dangerous boat rescue in 1867 during the Andaman Islands Expedition. In 1881, VC regulations were amended to only allow acts "in the presence of the enemy".<ref name="McCreery2015k"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Since 1993, Canadians are not eligible for the Victoria Cross. That medal was superseded by the Canadian Victoria CrossTemplate:Sndof equal honour, but yet to be awarded.<ref name="VetsVCcanada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The scroll of the Canadian VC differs in that the inscription is in Latin rather than English. By using a language that is an ancestor of French and has greatly contributed to the development of English, the medal avoids linguistic discrimination between Canada's two official languages. The fleur-de-lis, in heraldry long associated with the French crown has been added at the end each scroll. The actual metal of the medal is a distinct Canadian composition.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At a time when VCs could be awarded for actions taken not in the face of enemy fire, Timothy O'Hea, a 23-year-old Irishman in the British army, fought a fire in a railway car containing 900 kilograms of ammunition stationed at Danville, Canada East, during the Fenian raids.<ref name="Wilkins2012">Template:Cite book</ref> O'Hea is the only VC recipient awarded for actions on Canadian soil.<ref name="Fryer1986">Template:Cite book</ref>

Summary

According to Veterans Affairs Canada, the Victoria Cross has been presented to 99 Canadians, or people closely associated with Canada,<ref name="b609">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="k545">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> between its creation for acts performed during the Crimean War and 1993 when the Canadian Victoria Cross was instituted. No Canadian received the VC from 1945 to 1993, and no Canadian has yet been awarded the Canadian Victoria Cross, instituted in 1993.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> One list solely includes individuals, irrespective of their country of origin, who served in the Canadian armed forces. The Veterans’ Affairs site broadens the criteria to encompass those born in Canada who received the VC while in the United Kingdom armed forces.

The first Canadian to be awarded the Victoria Cross was Alexander Roberts Dunn for his actions in 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War. William Hall, a Nova Scotian, was the first black recipient of the Victoria Cross.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The last living Canadian recipient of the British Victoria Cross, "Smokey" Smith, died in August 2005.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Canadians were awarded the Victoria Cross for actions performed in the Crimean War (Battle of Balaclava), the Indian Mutiny (AKA the Indian Rebellion of 1857), a native uprising at a remote Indian Ocean island during the Andaman Islands Expedition, the Battle of Omdurman during the Sudan Campaign of 1896–1899, and the Second Boer War. The Victoria Cross was awarded to 73 Canadians and other members of the Canadian army for actions during the First World War, and sixteen Canadians received the VC during the Second World War. Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray of the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve was the last Canadian to win the VC during the Second World War. He was the last Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross ever.

Seven Canadians were awarded VCs individually on one single day, 2 September 1918, for actions they performed along the 30 km long Drocourt-Quéant Line near Arras, France: Bellenden Hutcheson, Arthur George Knight, William Henry Metcalf, Claude Nunney, Cyrus Wesley Peck, Walter Leigh Rayfield and John Francis Young. Their acts of valour were performed during Canada's Hundred Days, a period of successful offensive campaigning that helped end the war.

Recipients

(This list is arranged alphabetically when first opened but the order can be changed to other criteria such as date of valourous action, by clicking in box at top of each column.)

Name<ref name="b755">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> !! scope="col" | Date of action !! scope="col" | Conflict !! scope="col" | Unit !! scope="col" | Perpetuating unit !! scope="col" |Place of action !! scope="col" | Province of origin || scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	The Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Cambrai, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I (aerial combat)	Template:Sort	None	Forêt de Mormal, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Royal Regiment of Canada	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1944*	World War II Aerial heroics during bombing raid on V-1 flying bomb site	Template:Sort	No. 115 Squadron RAF	Trossy St. Maximin, France	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915	World War I Second Battle of Ypres	Template:Sort	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Kerselaere, Belgium	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Battle of Polygon Wood	9th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment	B Company, Second Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment	Polygon Wood, Belgium	Nova Scotia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I (aerial combat)	Template:Sort	No. 60 Squadron RAF	Cambrai, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I First Ostend Raid	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	Ostend, Belgium	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Dead link</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Amiens, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal 22nd Regiment	Meharicourt, France	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders (10th Canadians)	Lens, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I <ref group=note>He was the last Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross for actions taken during WWI, His actions being made on 2 November 1918, just nine days before the Armistice.</ref> Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Saskatchewan Dragoons	Valenciennes, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915*	World War I (Trench warfare)	Template:Sort	Royal Canadian Regiment	Givenchy, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Victoria Rifles of Canada	Fresnes, France	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1916*	World War I Battle of Flers-Courcelette	Template:Sort	Governor General's Foot Guards	Pozières, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=ValourRoad group=note>One of three WWI Canadian VC recipients who lived on same block on Pine Street (now Valour Road) in Winnipeg: Leo Clarke, Frederick Hall and Robert Shankland</ref>
Template:Sortname	1900	Second Boer War Battle of Leliefontein	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Battle of Arras	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Acheville, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Hackett Woods, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1945*	World War II Incursion into Germany	Template:Sort	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada	Mooshof, Germany	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Amiens, France	Nova Scotia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||.<ref name=Newfoundland group=note>Born in the Dominion of Newfoundland, moved to Canada at age 2.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Palestine campaign	2/14th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (London Scottish)	London Regiment	Jordan, Palestine	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=Otherunits group=note>Recipients were Canadians, but were serving in other army units at the time of their VC act</ref>
Template:Sortname	1944	World War II Falais pocket	Template:Sort	South Alberta Light Horse	Battle of Falaise, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1898	Battle of Omdurman, Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan	21st Lancers	Royal Lancers	Omdurman, Sudan	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>He was the first Canadian awarded the Victoria Cross for actions subsequent to Canadian Confederation</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I defence against German spring offensive	15th Battalion, The Royal Irish Rifles	Royal Irish Regiment	Groagie, France	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Although born in Ireland, was enlisted in the Canadian army and is considered Canadian at the time he won the medal, and Albertan because he was working in an Edmonton bank when he enlisted.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Parvillers, France	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Although a Danish citizen who enlisted in the Canadian army, he is considered Canadian at the time he won the medal. His sister was famed author Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1867	Andaman Islands Expedition (Bravery at Sea)	Template:Sort	Royal Welsh	Little Andaman, India	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Awarded VC for actions taken not in the face of the enemy, one of only six awarded this way</ref>
Template:Sortname	1854	Battle of Balaclava, Crimean War	Template:Sort	Yorkshire Regiment	Balaclava, Crimea	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=Otherunits group=note/> <ref group=note>First Canadian to earn VC, during the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25 October 1854.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1915*	World War I Second Battle of Ypres	Template:Sort	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	St. Julien, Belgium	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I defence against German spring offensive	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Bois de Moreuil, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1942	World War II Dieppe raid	1st Battalion, The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry	Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)	Dieppe, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915	World War I Capture of Hill 60	1st Battalion	Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment	Ypres, Belgium	Marylebone, London<ref name="k566">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada	Hangard Wood, France	New Brunswick<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1945* (Aug. 9)	World War II Pacific War aerial attack on Japanese navy in home waters	Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm	Royal Canadian Navy	Honshū, Japan	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Last Canadian ever to earn VC, in actions sinking Japanese escort ship Amakusa, 9 August 1945.</ref><ref>Last Canadian to win the VC in WWII, and thus last Canadian ever to win the VC</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Royal Canadian Regiment	Royal Canadian Regiment	Cambrai, France	New Brunswick<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915*	World War I Second Battle of Ypres	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Ypres, Belgium	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=ValourRoad group=note/>
Template:Sortname	1857	Indian rebellion of 1857	Template:HMS	none	Lucknow, India	Nova Scotia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Lens, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I (Trench warfare)	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Guyencourt, France	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>https://www.greentigergroup.com/downloads/victoria-cross-recipients-from-the-first-world-war-and-before/frederick-harvey-vc/</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC)	Lens, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1944*	World War II Burma campaign, Battle of the Admin Box	1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment	Royal Anglian Regiment	Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar)	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1900	Second Boer War Battle of Leliefontein	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Governor General's Horse Guards	Passchendaele, Belgium	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1944*	World War II Battle of Atlantic	Template:Sort		Faroes, Atlantic	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Toronto Scottish Regiment (Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother's Own)	Arras, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=amer group=note>Although an American citizen who enlisted in the Canadian army, is considered Canadian at the time he won the medal</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I (Trench warfare)	Template:Sort	Royal 22e Régiment	Neuville-Vitasse, France	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Queen's Own Rifles of Canada and Royal Regiment of Canada	Bourlon Wood, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1916	World War I Battle of Flers–Courcelette	Template:Sort	Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)	Courcelette, France	Nova Scotia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> Alberta<ref group=note>Kerr was born in Nova Scotia and moved to farm in Alberta before enlisting in Edmonton unit.</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)	Passchendaele, Belgium	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles and Calgary Highlanders (10th Canadians)	Villers-les-Cagnicourt, France (near Arras)	Saskatchewan<ref name="forces1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	Royal Westminster Regiment	Lens, France	n/a	<ref group=note>Although a Ukrainian citizen who enlisted in the Canadian army, is considered Canadian at the time he won the medal</ref>
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	Governor General's Foot Guards	Lens, France	Quebec<ref name="forces1"/>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Cambrai, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Vimy Ridge	Template:Sort	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)	Vimy Ridge, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	British Columbia Dragoons	Cambrai, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
Template:Sortname	1944	World War II Italian campaign	1st Battalion, The Westminster Regiment (Motor)	Royal Westminster Regiment	River Melfa, Italy	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal Montreal Regiment	Gavrelle Sector, France	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Canadian Machine Gun Corps	Royal Canadian Armoured Corps	Meetscheele Spur, Belgium	Ontario Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| <ref group=note>McKenzie was born in Liverpool, moved to Ontario before enlisting in Alberta unit.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I (aerial combat)	Template:Sort	No. 2 Squadron RAF	Albert, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	56th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment)	Abancourt, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1942	World War II Dieppe Raid	1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment	South Saskatchewan Regiment	Dieppe, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Arras, France	n/a	<ref name=amer group=note/>
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Vimy Ridge	Template:Sort	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Thelus, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Royal Regiment of Canada	Demuin, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort		Canal de L'Escaut, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Passchendaele, Belgium	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=amer group=note/>
Template:Sortname	1944*	World War II Bomber campaign	Template:Sort	419 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron	Cambrai, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1900	Second Boer War (Siege of Wepener)	Royal Army Medical Corps		Wakkerstroom, South Africa	New Brunswick<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=Otherunits group=note/><ref>"Engagement at Wakkerstroom" https://www.battletoursza.com/engagement-at-wakkerstroom-free-state-20-april-1900/ accessed August 1, 2025</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Duke of Edinburgh's Own)	Drocourt-Queant Line, France (near Arras)	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Lake Superior Scottish Regiment	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915	World War I (Canadian counterattack after German advance)	1st Battalion, Irish Guards	Irish Guards	Cuinchy, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Considered Irish, but listed here due to residency in Canada</ref>
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Battle of Hill 70	Template:Sort	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Lens, France (Hill 70)	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1941*	World War II Battle of Hong Kong	1st Battalion, The Winnipeg Grenadiers	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Mount Butler, Hong Kong	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Vimy Ridge	Template:Sort	King's Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC)	Vimy Ridge, France	Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Sherbrooke Hussars	Passchendaele, Belgium	Yukon<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Cagnicourt, France (near Arras)	New Brunswick<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1942*	World War II Operation Torch	Template:HMS		Oran, Algeria	P.E.I.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own)	Arras, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1857	Indian rebellion of 1857	Template:Sort	The Rifles	Delhi, India	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1900	Second Boer War (small-unit firefight)	Strathcona's Horse	Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)	Wolwespruit, South Africa (near the Vaal River)	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref group=note>living at time of enlistment at Battleford</ref>||<ref group=note>first soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross for actions committed while serving with a Canadian unit (even though under British command)</ref>
Template:Sortname	1916*	World War I Battle of the Somme	Template:Sort	Canadian Scottish Regiment	Somme, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Hundred Days Offensive	1st Battalion	Royal Newfoundland Regiment	Ledeghem, Belgium	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	<ref>at age 17, he was the youngest army serviceman in a combatant role to be awarded the VC</ref>
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Royal Winnipeg Rifles	Passchendaele, Belgium	Nova Scotia Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||<ref group=note>lived most of his life in Medicine Hat</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Sherbrooke Hussars	Monchy, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1915	World War I Second Battle of Ypres	Canadian Army Medical Corps		St. Julien, Belgium	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Second Battle of Passchendaele	Template:Sort	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada	Passchendaele, Belgium	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=ValourRoad group=note/>
Template:Sortname	1917*	World War I Vimy Ridge	Template:Sort	Essex and Kent Scottish	Neuville-St.-Vaast, France	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1916	World War I Mesopotamian campaign	Indian Medical Service		Orah Ruins, Mesopotamia	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=Otherunits group=note/>
Template:Sortname	1944	World War II Italian campaign	1st Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	Seaforth Highlanders of Canada	River Savio, Italy	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry	Parvillers, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1917	World War I Battle of Cambrai	Fort Garry Horse	Fort Garry Horse	Masnières, France	Manitoba Alberta<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||<ref group=note>Strachan enlisted in a Winnipeg unit but was a farmer in Alberta</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918*	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Winnipeg Grenadiers	Amiens, France	Manitoba<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}; Canadian Virtual War Memorial website</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1945	World War II Battle of the Rhineland	1st Battalion, The Essex Scottish Regiment	Essex and Kent Scottish	Hochwald Forest, Germany	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1945	World War II Operation Varsity (March 1945)	Template:Sort		Rhine, Germany	Ontario<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1943	World War II Italian campaign	Royal 22e Régiment	Royal 22e Régiment	Casa Berardi, Italy	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||
Template:Sortname	1900	Second Boer War Battle of Leliefontein	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Royal Canadian Dragoons	Komati River, South Africa	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1916*	World War I Battle of the Somme	7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (King's, Lancashire and Border)	La Boiselle, France	British Columbia<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref group=note>Wilkinson lived in Vancouver and enlisted in a Vancouver unit Overseas, he transferred to the British Army.</ref>
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	Canadian Grenadier Guards	Dury-Arras Sector, France	Quebec<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||
Template:Sortname	1918	World War I Canada's Hundred Days	Template:Sort	North Saskatchewan Regiment	Warvillers, France	Saskatchewan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||<ref name=amer group=note/><ref group=note>Although a U.S. citizen, he grew up on a Saskatchewan farm.</ref>

See also

• Canadian order of precedence (decorations and medals)
• Persons of National Historic Significance
• List of Canadian awards