Restoring Family Links

The chaos and confusion that accompany war and natural disasters can separate families when they need each other most. 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.

Whether the separation from your loved one happened many decades ago or more recently, the Canadian Red Cross may be able to help.

• If you are in Canada and have lost touch with family members outside Canada as a result of armed conflict or natural disaster, click here.
• If you are outside Canada and need assistance locating family. Click here to contact the ICRC.
• To search for family registered on the ICRC Family News Network. Click here.
• If you are in Canada and looking for a family member impacted by a major disaster in Canada. Click here to learn more.
• Links for conducting other types of searches for family members when the Red Cross or Red Crescent is unable to help.

Posted January 17, 2006/Updated June 25, 2010