List of wars involving Canada

Template:Short description 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.

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Colonial conflicts (11th century – 1867)

Template:No original research The following were conflicts that occurred in present-day Canada from the 11th century CE 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. Template:Sticky header

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Result
Battles of Vinland (approximately 1000 CE)	Vikings	Skræling	Skræling victory and Viking withdrawal
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)	Template:Country data Kingdom of France New France (Saint John Administration)	Template:Country data 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	Template:Country data Kingdom of England File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg 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	Template:Country data Kingdom of England File:Flag of Newfoundland 1862-1870.svg 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)	Template:Country data Kingdom of France New France Wabanaki Confederacy	England Template:Flagdeco English America Iroquois	Status quo ante bellum
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)	Template:Country data Kingdom of France New France Spain Wabanaki Confederacy Caughnawaga Mohawk Choctaw Timucua Apalachee Natchez	England (before 1707) Template:Flagdeco English America British Empire (after 1707) Template:Flagdeco 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)	Template:Country data Kingdom of France New France Wabanaki Confederacy	British Empire Template:Flagdeco British America Iroquois Confederacy	Status quo ante bellum
Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755)	Wabanaki Confederacy Mi'kmaw militia Maliseet militia New France Acadian militia	British Empire Template:Flagdeco Nova Scotia	British victory Beginning of the expulsion of the Acadians in 1755
Seven Years' War (1756–1763)	Template:Country data Kingdom of France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Abenaki Mi'kmaw militia Acadian militia Algonquin Lenape Ojibwa Odawa Shawnee	British Empire Template:Flagdeco 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 Template:Flagdeco 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 Template:Flagdeco Province of Quebec Template:Flagdeco Nova Scotia Onondaga Mohawk Cayuga Seneca Mi'kmaq Cherokee Odawa Muscogee Susquehannock Shawnee	United States Canadian volunteers Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry 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 Template:Country data Lower Canada Template:Country data 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)	Template:Country data Lower Canada Château Clique Template:Country data 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)	CanadaTemplate:Efn	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)	Template:Flagcountry Canada Template:Flagicon Egypt	Sudan	Victory Sudan becomes the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, a condominium of the British Empire	16	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	103
Second Boer War (1899–1902)	Template:Flagcountry Canada Australia New Zealand India Template:Country data British Ceylon File:Flag of the Cape Colony 1876-1910.svg Cape Colony File:Flag of the Natal Colony 1875-1910.svg Natal Colony File:Flag of BSAC.svg 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	>250
First World War (1914–1918)	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Russia Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagicon China Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Canada Newfoundland Australia New Zealand Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	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	~172,000
Russian Civil War (1918–1920)	Template:Flagicon White Movement France Template:Flagcountry United States Template:Flagicon China Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Canada Australia India Template:Country data Union of South Africa Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Czechoslovakia Poland Estonia	Template:Country data Russian SFSR Template:Country data 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 Template:Country data Republic of China (1912–49) France Poland Canada Australia New Zealand Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Template:Flagcountry Brazil Mexico Template:Flagcountry	Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Country data Slovak Republic (1939–1945) Template:Flagcountry Vichy France Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	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	~55,000
Korean War (1950–1953)	South Korea United Nations United States United Kingdom Australia Template:Flagcountry Canada Template:Flagcountry Philippines Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Netherlands New Zealand Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry Template:Flagcountry	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	1,042
Congo Crisis (1960–1963)	Congo-Léopoldville Template:Flagicon UNOC	Template:Country Template:Country	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	30
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	Template:Flagicon 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)	Template:Flagicon Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Template:Country data 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	unknown
Turbot War (1995–1995)	Canada United Kingdom Ireland	Spain European Union	Victory	None	1
Operation Medak Pocket (September 9–17, 1993)	Canada France Template:Flagicon 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)	Kosovo Liberation Army UÇK (KLA) Template:Flagicon AFRK (FARK) Albania Croatia Template:Country data 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	Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Country data Georgia Poland Romania Turkey Template:Flagicon Northern Alliance	Template:Flagicon 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 Template:Flagicon Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Islamic Emirate of Waziristan Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi Islamic Jihad Union Template:Flagicon 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 Fall of the Afghan National Army (ANA), which was previously trained by Canadian soldiers Taliban control of US weapons and equipment following the rapid withdrawal of allied forces	166	2,071
First Libyan Civil War (2011)	Template:Flagicon NTC Qatar Template:Country data 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 Assyrian Forces (Iraqi command) Template:Country data Iraqi Turkmen Front Iraqi Communist Party Iran Template:Country data Hezbollah Syria Template:Flagdeco Iraqi Kurdistan Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command) Sinjar Alliance PKK Template:Country data Rojava Template:Dodseal CJTF–OIR United States United Kingdom Canada Australia France Italy Netherlands Finland Denmark	Template:Flagicon Islamic State Template:Flagicon Naqshbandi Army (2013–15)	Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds by 11 November 2017 Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with neighbouring Syria End of open conflict and return of relative stability to Iraq following the end of the war	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	Template:Country data 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 As of February 2016, Canada has discontinued bombing ISIS positions but still has special operations units in Iraq	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]	Template:Flagdeco Supreme Political CouncilTemplate:EfnTemplate:BulletedlistIranTemplate:Efn  Template:Flagdeco Axis of ResistanceTemplate:BulletedlistSupported by: North Korea (alleged)	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. 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