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Legion is Canada's largest,
veteran-based community
service organization
mandated to care for
veterans, service members
and dependants primarily
through the Legion Service
Bureau—app. 1600 volunteers
and professionals at all
levels assist to secure
pensions and benefits
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Legion Service Bureau,
founded after the First
World War to help the
entitled obtain federal
government pensions, is
funded in part by the Poppy
Campaign and provides free
assistance to Legion members
and non-members
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The age of Canada's veterans
is increasing and the need
for assistance for them and
their dependants is
increasing
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Service Officers, aiding
still-serving military and
RCMP members, are dealing
with younger applicants,
some in their 20s
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All Armed Forces members,
with war-time service or
not, are eligible for
disability pensions/awards
for injuries attributable to
military service
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Service Officers help at a
community level and at all
levels of the governmental
process, including the
Veterans Review and Appeal
Board (VRAB)
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Military and RCMP service,
being more dangerous than
most occupations, require
the perpetual assistance of
the Legion Service Bureau,
creating a legacy left by
Canada's first veterans to
future generations
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Legion spends $3million each
year to sustain the Service
Bureau
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