Land grants to veterans

Click on the titles below for each sub-series description to see the scope and content, links to finding aids and lower level descriptions.

• North-West Rebellion military bounty land warrants and money scrip, 1885-1913 (RG15-D-II-9)
• Red River Rebellion military land warrants,1870-1908 (RG15-D-II-9)
• South Africa volunteer bounty land certificates,1908-1913 (RG15-D-II-9-h)

You can search some of the files by name.

• Go to Collection Search
• Click on Advanced Search
• Select Collections and Fonds database
• In This exact phrase enter RG15
• In All these words enter a person’s name
• In Any of these words enter land, scrip, grantee, warrant

The Department of Indian Affairs administered soldier settlement programs for Indigenous veterans under the provisions of the Indian (Soldier Settlement) Act of 1927. You can find the files in Record Group 10 (RG10). Some files relate to one person and other files include groups of veterans.

The files contain information about the veteran such as:

• band membership
• military service number, dates of enlistment and discharge
• age and marital status
• if married, name of wife and ages of children
• employment history and farming experience
• land location and details

To search for a file:

• Go to Collection Search
• Click on Advanced Search
• Select Collections and Fonds database.
• In This exact phrase enter "RG10"
• In All these words enter the word “soldier”. Also enter a person’s name or the name of an agency, reserve or band

Here are two examples to illustrate the types of files you might find:

• Six Nations Agency – Soldier Settlement – Lloyd Ricely Longboat, 1919-1935 (RG10, volume 7517, file 25,032-76, microfilm C-14799)
• Kamloops Agency – Soldier Settlement – Correspondence regarding numerous soldier settlers in this agency ,1919-1935 (RG10, volume 7527, file 25,154-1, microfilm C-14804)

Soldier Settlement Board

The Soldier Settlement Act (1917, 1919) and the Veterans' Land Act (1942) allowed veterans of the First and Second World Wars to purchase land with the help of government loans. It also provided funds for livestock and equipment.

LAC does not hold copies of the Soldier Settlement Board (SSB) files. We do have microfilm copies of the index cards. The cards are arranged by name and include the veteran’s SSB file number.

• First World War: Veterans claim cards,1914-1924 (RG38-E-1-b)
  • The description of that sub-series includes the link to the finding aid, which shows the content of the microfilm. Once you know the microfilm number you need, click on the link to the digitized microfilm.
• Second World War: Veterans' account card indexes 1956-1980
  • The description of that sub-series includes a link to the finding aid, which shows the content of the microfilm. The microfilm is not digitized.

Surviving records of the SSB for First and Second World War veterans are in the custody of Veterans Affairs Canada. You should submit requests for records on that department’s Access to Information and Privacy form.