Returning

Wounded Soldier and Boy

This wounded Canadian soldier posed with a young boy during a celebration at the Alhambra Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Ontario.

Greetings from No. 2 Convalescent Hospital RCAF

In Hamilton, Ontario, No. 2 Convalescent Hospital cared for injured servicemen from the Royal Canadian Air Force. This Christmas postcard featured both Dalley Division and Young Division areas of the hospital in a carefully crafted card. 

The Special Committee on Veterans Affairs

The Committee worked on an act that would extend loans to veterans in order to assist them in establishing themselves in business or professionally following their discharge. Notably, the Committee recommended that the House of Commons consider the extension of veterans' benefits to former members of the Merchant Marine.

The Reinstatement in Civil Employment Act

This Act from 1946 was passed by the Parliament of Canada with the purpose of providing the reinstatement in civil employment of discharged members of the Canadian forces and other individuals who mobilized during the Second World War. The Act intended to regulate the reintegration process of ex-members into civil society, in an attempt to make easier the transition of labour for a war economy into a post-conflict, peacetime economy. Social benefits and considerations like those needed for disabled veterans were also considered in the Act. 

War Veterans Allowance Act, 1952

Important Act regarding the different allowances for War Veterans and their dependants passed by Canadian Parliament in 1952. Both amendments and new considerations were included in this Act, adding a new and revised table of allowances according to various classes of recipients. 

War Veterans Allowances

This booklet provides a summary of the provisions found in several pieces of legislation affecting former and active members of the Canadian Forces. The War Veterans Allowance Act, the Civilian War Pensions and the Allowances Act are all summarized, in part or in whole in this booklet. Topics of interest to veterans and family members include eligibility, different allowances and possible rates of pay and general information. 

An Act to Amend the Pension Act

Policies and social attitudes change. This Act that was presented to Canadian Parliament on August 1946 aimed to address some amendments needed to the original Pension Act that had been enacted back in 1928, Although some of the changes that this document introduced were not substantial but rather in terms of style and writing, like for example the substitution of the term "World War I" for "Great War", some were more representative of societal changes in attitude.

War Veterans Allowances and The Assistance Fund

This booklet was published as a point of reference for veterans and others, such as widows and orphans, to determine eligibility to the War Veterans Allowance program first established by the Canadian Government in 1930. The booklet also outlines the main rules governing the payment of allowances and other generalities of the Act. 

An Act respecting Civilian War Pensions and Allowances

An Act passed by Parliament on the subject of Civilian War Pensions and Allowances, including compensations to Canadian merchant seamen, pensions for disability and death, detention allowances, and compensation for auxiliary services personnel. This Act is one of the many pieces of legislation passed in Canada to aid with the reconstruction of civilian life following the end of the Second World War. 

Employment of Canada's Disabled - Veterans and Others. Part 2: The Selective Placement Process

The second of a series, this booklet is the continuation of the efforts by the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide guidance in how to successfully integrate people with physical disabilities into the workplace, In particular, this booklet focuses on a technique developed to aid employers become more thoroughly familiarized with the physical requirements of the jobs that will be done by disabled Canadians, particularly veterans. The text explains degrees of capacity and measures that can be implemented to "open a vast new range of jobs to the disabled."