List of wars involving Canada

This is a list of wars and armed conflicts in and involving Canada in chronological order, from the 11th century to the 21st century. It is divided into two main sections.

The first section outlines conflicts that happened in what is now Canada before its confederation in 1867. It includes notable events like the Battle of Vinland, Beaver Wars, Acadian Civil War, and various Anglo-Dutch Wars, highlighting the belligerents involved and the outcomes.

The second section discusses wars involving Canada since its confederation in 1867. It lists conflicts such as the Fenian Raids, Red River Rebellion, Mahdist War, Canada in World War I and Canada in World War II, detailing the combatants, results, and casualties for each event. Ongoing conflicts and military operations, such as the military intervention against the Islamic State and involvement in maritime security operations in response to Houthi attacks are also covered.

See also: List of Canadian military operations and list of Canadian peacekeeping missions

List

Colonial conflicts (11th century – 1867)

The following were conflicts that occurred in present-day Canada from the 11th century AD to the mid-19th century, prior to Canadian confederation. Belligerents in these conflicts typically involved colonies in Canada (e.g. New France, the Canadas), and/or First Nations groups residing in the region.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Battles of Vinland (approximately 1000 CE)	Vikings	Skræling	Skræling victory and Viking withdrawal[1]
Beaver Wars (1609–1701)	Iroqouis	Algonquian allies	Military stalemate Great Peace of Montreal Growth of French influence in the Great Lakes region Huron-Wendat Confederacy destroyed or assimilated Military refugee migration results in expansion of Iroquois hunting grounds Further Iroquois territorial expansion halted in military campaigns by the Council of Three Fires
Acadian Civil War (1635–1654)	Kingdom of France  New France (Saint John Administration)	Kingdom of France  New France (Port Royal Administration)	Saint John Administration victory Charles de La Tour restored as governor of Acadia in 1653 Followed by English attacks on French settlements in the Bay of Fundy in 1654
Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–1667)	Dutch Republic	Kingdom of England Newfoundland Colony	Status quo ante bellum Dutch capture of St. John's in 1665 led by Michiel de Ruyter St. John's retaken by English
Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674)	Dutch Republic	Kingdom of England Colony of Avalon	Status quo ante bellum Dutch capture of Ferryland on 4 September 1673 by ships Green Wife, Arms of Leyden. Schacator, Unity Ferryland retaken by English in 1674
King William's War (1688–1697)	Kingdom of France  New France Wabanaki Confederacy	England English America Iroquois	Status quo ante bellum
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)	Kingdom of France  New France  Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez	England (before 1707) English America  British Empire (after 1707) British America Muscogee Chickasaw Yamasee Iroquois Confederacy	British-Allied victory France cedes to Britain the control of Acadia, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Saint Kitts
Dummer's War (1722–1725)	New England Colonies Mohawk	Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Pequawket Mi'kmaq Maliseet
King George's War (1744–1748)	Kingdom of France  New France Wabanaki Confederacy	British Empire British America Iroquois Confederacy	Status quo ante bellum
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755)	Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaw militia Maliseet militia  Kingdom of France  New France Acadian militia	British Empire Nova Scotia	British victory Beginning of the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)	Kingdom of France  New France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaw militia Acadian militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Odawa Shawnee	British Empire British America Iroquois Confederacy Catawba Cherokee (before 1758)	British-Allied victory British military conquest of New France France cedes New France east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain, retaining Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and transfers Louisiana to Spain
Pontiac's War (1763–1766)	British Empire Province of Quebec	Ottawas Ojibwas Potawatomis Hurons Miamis Weas Kickapoos Mascoutens Piankashaws Delawares Shawnees Wyandots Mingos Iroquois	Military stalemate First Nations concede British sovereignty but compel British policy changes
American Revolutionary War (1775–1783)	British Empire Province of Quebec Nova Scotia Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Mi'kmaq Cherokee Odawa Muscogee Susquehannock Shawnee	United States  France  Spain Oneida Tuscarora Catawba Lenape Chickasaw Choctaw Mahican Mi'kmaq Abenaki Cheraw Seminole Pee Dee Lumbee	American-Allied victory Incursions into Quebec and Nova Scotia repulsed Great Britain cedes to the United States the area east of the Mississippi River and south of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Great Britain cedes East Florida, West Florida, and Menorca to Spain
War of 1812 (1812–1815)	British Empire  Lower Canada  Upper Canada Tecumseh's Confederacy Shawnee Ojibwe Fox Iroquois Miami Mingo Odawa Kickapoo Lenape Mascouten Potawatomi Sauk Wyandot  Spain (1814)	United States Choctaw Cherokee Muscogee Seneca	Status quo ante bellum Military stalemate
Pemmican War (1812–1821)	North West Company Metis	Hudson's Bay Company Selkirk's settlers	Merger between the North West Company and Hudson Bay Company
Rebellions of 1837–1838 (1837–1838)	Lower Canada Château Clique  Upper Canada Family Compact	Patriotes Republic of Lower Canada Hunters' Lodges Republic of Canada	Government victory Patriote rebellion crushed by loyalist forces; Republic of Canada dismantled Defeat of Hunters' Lodges Unification of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada

Canada (1867–present)

The following table lists conflicts involving Canada since confederation in 1867. Since that time there have been 26 conflicts with 2 of them currently ongoing:

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result	Killed	Wounded
Fenian raids (1866–1871)	Canada[a]	Fenian Brotherhood	Victory Fenians cease raids	22	32
Red River Rebellion (1869-1870)	Canada	Métis	Victory The Wolseley Expedition takes control of Fort Garry (modern day Winnipeg) Louis Riel flees to the United States	1	Unknown
Wolseley Expedition (1870)	Canada	Métis	Victory Red River Rebellion defeated The legislature passes the Manitoba Act in 1870 Red River Colony enters Canada as the province of Manitoba	None	None
Mahdist War (1881–1899)	United Kingdom  Canada Egypt	Sudan	Victory Sudan becomes the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the British Empire	16[2]	Unknown
North-West Rebellion (1885)	Canada	Provisional Government of Saskatchewan (Métis) Cree–Assiniboine	Victory Completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway Trial of Louis Riel	50[3]	103
Second Boer War (1899–1902)	United Kingdom  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  Ceylon Cape Colony Natal Colony Rhodesia	Orange Free State  South African Republic	Victory British sovereignty over the Orange Free State and the Transvaal in accordance with the Treaty of Vereeniging	267[4]	>250[5]
First World War (1914–1918)	France  United Kingdom  Russia  United States China  Italy  Japan  Canada  Newfoundland  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Serbia  Montenegro  Romania  Belgium  Greece  Portugal  Brazil	Germany  Austria-Hungary  Ottoman Empire  Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers Establishment of the League of Nations	66,944[6]	~172,000[7]
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	White Movement  France  United Kingdom  United States China  Italy  Japan  Canada  Australia  India  South Africa  Serbia  Romania  Greece  Czechoslovakia  Poland  Estonia	Russian SFSR  Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists	Inconclusive/Other Result Victory for the Bolshevik Red Army in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, South Caucasus, Central Asia, Tuva, and Mongolia; incorporation of those territories into the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union Allied forces withdrawal from Russia Bolshevik victory over White Army The Soviet Union becomes the new Russian power Russian famine of 1921–1922 Victory for pro-independence and anti communist movements in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland; expulsion of Bolshevik forces from those territories	14	24
Second World War (1939–1945)	Soviet Union  United States  United Kingdom  China  France  Poland  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  India  South Africa  Yugoslavia  Greece  Denmark  Norway  Netherlands  Belgium  Luxembourg  Czechoslovakia  Brazil  Mexico  Ethiopia	Germany  Japan  Italy  Hungary  Romania  Bulgaria  Croatia  Slovakia  Finland Vichy France  Thailand  Manchukuo  Mengjiang	Victory Collapse of the Third Reich Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War Beginning of the Atomic Age	~45,300[8]	~55,000
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea  United Nations  United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Belgium  Canada  France  Philippines  Colombia  Ethiopia  Greece  Luxembourg  Netherlands  New Zealand  South Africa  Thailand  Turkey	North Korea  China  Soviet Union	Ceasefire Ceasefire armistice North Korean invasion of South Korea repelled UN invasion of North Korea repelled Chinese invasion of South Korea repelled Korean Demilitarized Zone established Little territorial change at the 38th parallel border	516[9]	1,042
Congo Crisis (1960–1963)	Congo-Léopoldville UNOC	Katanga  South Kasai	Victory	Unknown	Unknown
Insurgency in Quebec (1962–1973)	Canada	Front de libération du Québec	Victory FLQ guerrillas are disbanded in 1973, after collapse in 1971.	Unknown	Unknown
Oka Crisis (1990)	Canada	Mohawk Warrior Society	Victory End of Mohawk blockade Federal government purchased the Pines from Municipality of Oka to prevent further development	1[10]	30[11]
Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)	Kuwait  United States  United Kingdom  Saudi Arabia  France  Canada  Egypt Syria  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Oman  Bangladesh	Iraq	Victory Removal of Iraqi invasion force from Kuwait Imposition of sanctions against Iraq	None	None
Somali Civil War (1992–1995)	United States  United Kingdom  Spain  Saudi Arabia  Malaysia  Pakistan  Italy  India  Greece  Germany  France  Canada  Botswana  Belgium  Australia  New Zealand	Somali National Alliance	Victory UN humanitarian mandate fulfilled, saving around 100,000 lives Somalia Affair Dissolution of Canadian Airborne Regiment The Somali Civil War is ongoing	1	None
Bosnian War (1992–1995)	Bosnia and Herzegovina  Croatia  NATO  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States	Republika Srpska	Victory Dayton Accords Internal partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina according to the Dayton Accords Deployment of NATO-led IFOR to oversee the peace agreement Massive civilian casualties for the Bosniak ethnic group	23[12]	unknown
Operation Medak Pocket (September 9–17, 1993)	Canada  France Republic of Serbian Krajina	Croatia	Canadian strategic victory Croatian forces recover Divoselo and Čitluk (in total 48 km2) Croatian withdrawal UN secures Medak Pocket Canada holds out against an army three times its size without suffering casualties.	None	4
Kosovo War (1998–1999)	UÇK (KLA) AFRK (FARK)  Albania  Croatia  NATO  Belgium  Canada  Czech Republic  Denmark  France  Germany  Hungary  Italy  Luxembourg  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States	FR Yugoslavia	Victory Kumanovo Treaty Yugoslav security forces pull out of Kosovo KLA veterans join the UÇPMB, starting the Preševo insurgency	None	None
International Force for East Timor (1999–2000)	Australia  New Zealand  Bangladesh  Brazil  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Ireland  Italy  Jordan  Kenya  Malaysia  Norway  Philippines  Portugal  Singapore  South Korea  Thailand  United States	Pro-Indonesian militia	Victory Defeat of pro-Indonesian militia Stability in East Timor Arrival of UN peacekeepers	None	None
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)	Afghanistan  United States  United Kingdom  Germany  Italy  France  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Georgia  Poland  Romania  Turkey ISAF  Albania  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  El Salvador  Estonia  Finland  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Jordan  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Malaysia  Mongolia  Montenegro  Netherlands  Norway  Portugal  Republic of Macedonia  Singapore  Slovakia  Slovenia  South Korea  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Tonga  Ukraine  United Arab Emirates Northern Alliance	Taliban al-Qaeda Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan HI-Gulbuddin Hezb-e Islami Khalis Haqqani network Lashkar-e-Taiba Jaish-e-Mohammed East Turkestan Islamic Movement Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Islamic Jihad Union Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan	Withdrawal/Allied defeat Fall of the Taliban government in Afghanistan Destruction of al-Qaeda camps Over two thirds of al-Qaeda's leadership demolished Occupation of Afghanistan Establishment of a new Afghan government Killing of Osama bin Laden Withdrawal of allied forces, including Canada in 2014. Taliban victory in Afghanistan in the year 2021 after an effective resurgence[13] Fall of the Afghan National Army (ANA),[14] which was previously trained by Canadian soldiers[15] Taliban control of US weapons and equipment following the rapid withdrawal of allied forces[16]	166[17][18]	2,071[19]
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	NTC  Qatar  NATO  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  Denmark  France  Greece  Italy  Netherlands  Norway  Romania  Spain  Turkey  United Kingdom  United States  Sweden  Jordan  United Arab Emirates	Libya	Victory Overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya Death of Muammar Gaddafi Dissolution of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	None	None
Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017)	Iraq[20] Assyrian Forces (Iraqi command)  Iraqi Turkmen Front Iraqi Communist Party  Iran  Hezbollah Syria[21] Iraqi Kurdistan[20] Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command) Sinjar Alliance PKK[22]  Rojava[22] CJTF–OIR  United States  United Kingdom  Canada[23][24]  Australia[25]  France  Italy  Netherlands  Finland[26]  Denmark[27]	Islamic State Naqshbandi Army (2013–15)	Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds by 11 November 2017[28][29] Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with neighbouring Syria[30] End of open conflict and return of relative stability to Iraq following the end of the war[31]	1	Unknown
Military intervention against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (2014–present)	United States  United Kingdom  Australia  Belgium  Canada  Denmark  France  Germany  Italy  Netherlands  New Zealand  Norway  Portugal  Spain  Sweden  Turkey	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant	Ongoing Airstrikes on ISIL and al-Qaeda affiliates positions in Iraq and Syria Multinational humanitarian effort Arming and support for local ground forces 2 American journalists, 2 British humanitarian workers, and 1 French tourist executed[32][33][34] As of February 2016, Canada has discontinued bombing ISIS positions[35] but still has special operations units in Iraq[36]	2	At Least 3
Red Sea crisis (2023–present)	Israel  United Kingdom  United States  Canada  Australia  New Zealand  Bahrain  Denmark  Germany  Greece  Netherlands  Norway  Sri Lanka  Singapore  Seychelles  Egypt[a]  France  Italy  India  Pakistan  Saudi Arabia[a]	Supreme Political Council[b]  Houthis  Iran[c]   Axis of Resistance Hezbollah[39] Islamic Resistance in Iraq[40] Supported by:  North Korea (alleged)[41]	Ongoing Disruption of international maritime trade and the global economy due to Houthi attacks and hijackings Beginning of Operation Prosperity Guardian in December 2023 Canada deploys 3 staff officers and an of unspecified number of land, air and sea support vehicles.[42] Missile strikes against Houthi-controlled territory in January 2024	Unknown	Unknown

See also

• List of Anglo-French conflicts on Hudson Bay
• List of Canadian military operations
• List of Canadian peacekeeping missions
• List of massacres in Canada

Notes

1. Raids conducted in 1866 occurred in the Province of Canada, and the colony of New Brunswick, prior to Canadian confederation
2. Political legitimacy of all Houthi-led government bodies has been rejected by the United Nations, rival Yemeni factions, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and the United States.
3. The Iranian government has deployed military personnel to Houthi-controlled Yemen, who are actively involved in attacks on commercial shipping.^[37][38][39]