- Description
- Provides assistance to people in Canada to re - establish contact with immediate family members internationally after separation due to armed conflict, natural disasters, migration and other humanitarian crises.
Service offers:
- assistance locating immediate family members abroad via family messages, tracing and other strategies
- POW War Claims
- health and welfare report when regular contact has been suspended
- adoption and domestic search tracing NOT provided
Affiliation: ICRC (International Committee of Red Cross) National Societies (190) of Red Cross & Red Crescent - Eligibility
- Yes, Service targeted to:
- people needing assistance who have lost contact with their immediate family members due to conflict, disasters or humanitarian crisis
- Application Process
- Service Access: See below, To access service:
- please contact Foreign Affairs Canada for missing Canadian citizens in an affected area
- call, email or contact online to begin an international tracing request for a missing family member
- provide as much of the following as possible: Full name of sought person, date of birth or age, father's name, mother's name, last known address, tribe, clan or sub-clan (if applicable), date of last contact, reason for separation, reason for search, inquirer's full name, address and relationship to the sought person
Referral Process: No
Waiting Period: No,
- Toll Free
- 1-866-399-8412 ext. 480-2214 (English)
- Toll Free
- 1-800-363-7305 ext. 362-2909 (French)
- Web Site
- https://www.redcross.ca/how-we-help/restoring-family-links-%E2%80%93-find-family/find-family
- familylinks@redcross.ca
- Languages
- English; French - Other languages available upon request.
- Fees
- Fee: No
Fee Reduction: No
Membership Fee: No - Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: N/A -
Other disabled access: N/A - - Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Last Verified On
- July 6, 2023