Tracing missing family outside of Canada
The Canadian Red Cross can help re-establish contact when you have lost contact with a loved one due to an armed conflict, other situations of violence, migration or a natural disaster. The process involves collecting information about persons who are missing, persons who have died, and vulnerable persons such as children separated from their families and persons deprived of their freedom.
Search requests are accepted based on:
- the closeness of the relationship
- reason for loss of contact
- sufficient information being available to conduct a search
- attempts already made by the inquirer to locate the sought person have been unsuccessful.
We accept searches for people within Canada only when it concerns family members separated prior to arrival in Canada or when the separation is due to a current disaster within Canada.
How to search for someone
Contact the Canadian Red Cross in your community to begin tracing a missing family member.You should be able to provide as much of the following information as possible.
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The Canadian Red Cross endeavours to protect the privacy of all people involved in the search and will not accept cases where the search may put the sought person at risk. The person searched for, if found, always has the right to refuse to release their contact details.
For further information on the Tracing Service or to submit a tracing request, please contact your local Red Cross office.
For more information on the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tracing Service, visit http://www.familylinks.icrc.org/home.nsf/home/webfamilylinks.
You Make the Difference – Support Our Family Reunification Program
The Canadian Red Cross Restoring Family Links program helps people in Canada to re-establish contact with immediate family members after separation due to armed conflict, natural disaster, migration and other humanitarian crises. Please donate to the Canadian Red Cross Fund.
