It has been confirmed that the CANADIAN Virtual War Memorial DOES NOT refer to those CANADIANS that they commemorate, and whose names have been entered in one of Canada's 8 Books of Remembrance, as 'veterans'. [Veterans Affairs Canada (Commemoration Division) statement: "With respect to those who have died in service, our department does not refer to them as Veterans. This is simply because they sadly never had the opportunity to become Veterans as they lost their lives..." because of their military service. "Instead, we commonly refer to these individuals as War Dead (if they died during the great conflicts of the 20th century) or the Fallen."]

So an active military person who passes will not have a Veteran designation.

Only use the veteran designation "as appropriate according to the customs and culture of the individual being memorialized."

Library and Archives Canada Standard Military Abbreviations:

BDN - Bandsman

BQMS - Battery Quartermaster Sergeant

BSM - Battery Sergeant Major

BDR - Bombardier

BG - Brigadier General

CDT - Cadet

CPT - Captain

CHP - Chaplain

COL - Colonel

CSM - Company Sergeant Major

CON - Conductor

CPL - Corporal

DVR - Driver

GNR - Gunner

LCP - Lance Corporal

LSG - Lance Sergeant

LAC - Leading Aircraftman

LACW - Leading Aircraftwoman

LT - Lieutenant

LT CDR - Lieutenant Commander

LCL - Lieutenant Colonel

LGN - Lieutenant General

MAJ - Major

NS - Nursing Sister

ORS - O/R/Sergeant

PNR - Pioneer

PTE - Private (PVT is American)

QMS - Quartermaster Sergeant

RSM - Regimental Sergeant Major

RFN - Rifleman

SPR - Sapper

SGT - Sergeant

SM - Sergeant Major

SIG - Signaller

S/SGT - Staff Sergeant

SSM - Staff Sergeant Major

TPR - Trooper

WO - Warrant Officer