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Enter your keyword(s) in the field and click the search button:

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The following sections have search features specific to them:

Navigation path (“breadcrumb trail”)

The navigation path or “breadcrumb trail”, found just beneath the common menu bar (Français, Home, Contact Us, Help, Search, canada.gc.ca), shows where you are on the Web site and helps you to move quickly around the site.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) News Feeds

Veterans Affairs Canada offers you choices on how to access news. Stay in touch by subscribing to RSS news feed.

Search Tips

Use lowercase text in your searches

Using lowercase text tells the search tool to find both upper and lowercase results. Using upper case text tells the search tool to only find results written in upper case.

Example: When you search for ottawa, you'll find Ottawa, ottawa, and OTTAWA in your result pages. However, when you search for Ottawa, you'll only see Ottawa in the result pages.

Use the (+) or (!) symbols to include or exclude words

Placing the plus (+) symbol before the key word in the search box ensures that a specific word is always included in your search topic. Placing an exclamation point (!) sign before the keyword in the search box ensures that a specific word is always excluded from your search topic.

Example: To find pensions and plans excluding international pensions try pensions + !plans international.

Use wildcards (*) to expand your search

Typing an * at the end of a keyword, searches for the word with multiple endings.

Example: Try tax*, to find taxes, taxable and taxation.

Use double quotation marks (") to find an exact phrase

You can link words and numbers together into phrases if you want specific words or numbers to appear together in your result pages. If you want to find an exact phrase, use double quotation marks (") around the phrase when you enter words in the search box.

Example: To find youth employment strategy, type "youth employment strategy" in the search box.

Note: You can also create phrases using punctuation or special characters such as dashes, underscore lines, commas, slashes, or dots.

Example: Try searching for 1 800 622-6232 instead of 1-800-622-6232. The dashes link the numbers together as a phrase.

Use synonyms

Try using synonyms to improve your search results. For example, you will get different results for the search words pension, benefit, or payment.

Remove common words

Common words such as the, a, and an are found on all of our pages. To improve your search results, remove the common word and resubmit your search.

Use multinational characters

If you do not type letters with the accents or the diacritic marks in the search box, the search engine will find all related words and not only the word you are seeking. For example, if you type "eleve," Web pages will be returned that contain the words élevé, élève, etc. If you type élève, the search will return pages that contain only élève.