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The names of University of Manitoba students and staff who served in the First World War were painted directly on the walls of the university's Administration Building, formerly the Manitoba Agricultural College. The gilded gold lettering is attributed to renowned Canadian artist Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald.

The names were copied from a Memorial Book. Mr. W.B.H. Teakes, Assistant Registrar, identified the university men in the military lists and collected the information. He was aided by Private C.F. Black and Lieutenant G.C. Young, after their return from overseas. Advice and assistance to the design were given by Professor A.A. Stoughton and the Honour Roll was made by D.C. Harvey.

The Avenue of Elms commemorates students and staff of the Manitoba Agricultural College who were killed during military service in the First World War. The first elm trees were planted during the First World War by Home Economic students. Two hundred American saplings, proceeding from the Manitoba Agricultural College (now University of Manitoba) Administration Building to Pembina Highway, were planted on May 14, 1922, by teams comprised of graduates, staff, and students of the college and also staff from the Provincial Agricultural Department. 

A monument for the Avenue of Elms was unveiled at a ceremony held on 11 November 1923, attended by 500 people including Hugh Marshall Dyer (former Chair of the Board of Directors for the Manitoba Agricultural College), Louis Wilfred Moffit of Wesley College, and Premier John Bracken.

A dozen trees were moved to the campus quadrangle in 1969. Many have since been removed to slow the spread of Dutch elm disease. Today, 55 percent of the trees are replacements (80 percent on the north side of the avenue). 

On 6 June 1998, the 1922 dedication was extended to include more former students and faculty who were killed during the Second World War and the Korean War with the addition of a second plaque at Chancellor Matheson Road from Pembina Highway.

In 1918, Canadians turned to the duty of commemorating the dead. Some promoted practical memorials like Roads of Remembrance. These linear tree-lined avenues had trees that were typically a single species, regularly spaced along each side of the avenue that would grow tall and stately. American elms were chosen for many of these avenues. A small plaque was used to assign a particular tree to a specific fallen soldier. In some cases, the next-of-kin was involved in purchasing the tree and/or plaque for the deceased soldier.

Roads of Remembrance were based on two symbol-laden images. The first was France’s tree-lined country avenues: “long straight roads, with large elms on either side, beautiful and useful, and loved by the Canadians overseas.” The second symbol was a living memorial: trees represented the victory of life over death. Memorial trees became living symbols of the sacrifices made overseas.

Originally introduced in 1952, as the "RCAF Association Trophy" the F/L David Hornell VC Memorial Trophy was annually awarded to the top Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Canada, as judged by the Air Cadet League of Canada. The last such award, in 1982, went to 650 Vanier Squadron, Moncton, N.B. The trophy was then "retired" until 1991 when it was resurrected to be presented, by the Commander or Deputy Commander of Air Command to the top RCAC drill squadron at the Senior Leaders Course each summer at 4 Wing, Cold Lake, AB. Should it be convenient, a member of the National Executive Council of the Air Force Association may be called upon to present the trophy. Newly refurbished, the Trophy is now maintained at 1 Canadian Air Division Command HQ.

This statue features a Fort Garry Horse Army officer Harry Coleburn and bear cub mascot named Winnie. During the War, the bear lived in the London Zoo and inspired the Winnie the Pooh stories by A.A. Milne.

This sculpture, “DESERT CATS”, depicts CF-18 Hornet fighter-bomber during re-arming at its Qatar air base during the First Gulf War. A second CF-18 is seen landing in the background. The title is drawn from the nickname given to the Canadian CF-18 contingent deployed in the First Gulf War. This work is a copy acquired by the Air Force Museum in CFB Winnipeg. It was unveiled in 1991, and is dedicated to the Canadian CF-18 contingent deployed during the First Gulf War.

This memorial is dedicated to the memory of Captain M. Cletus Cheng, a member of the Canadian Forces' Military Police, who died while representing Canada during the International Military Police Competition in 1995.

This memorial building, which houses Army, Navy, Air Force Association Unit No. 283, is marked as a memorial by a black granite stele (with the shape of a cross cut out of it). It was dedicated on 27 October 1991 as a memorial to the war dead and veterans of the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Gulf War.

This aircraft, a T-33 Silver Star trainer aircraft, was unveiled as a monument on 18 August 1967 by the people of St. James and Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg. It is dedicated to the founder of the Stevenson Airport in St. James in 1927, those service personnel who trained and served in St. James during the Second World War and those civilians and military personnel who worked at Winnipeg International Airport and Air Training Command after the war. This aircraft is painted in the paint scheme of the "Golden Centennaires" air force aerobatics team.

The First World War memorial window was erected by N.T. Lion, Toronto in 1926 in St. Matthew's Cathedral, the Anglican cathedral in Brandon, Manitoba. Bright red pennants fly from the staffs of the spear and the battle axe held by King David’s warriors. The buildings of Jerusalem can be seen in the background. A golden crown sits on David’s head as he raises his sword, as if offering it to the heavens.

3^rd Canadian Division Support Group Commander, Colonel Scott McKenzie and other dignitaries were on hand for the Afghanistan Memorial Dedication Ceremony at Canoe River Memorial Park in Shilo on 26 June 2018. 

During operations in Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers relied on the LAV III, a light armoured vehicle, for sanctuary and safety.  For many the LAV III symbolizes Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan.  From 2001 to 2014, over 40,000 Canadian soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan.  During the operations in Afghanistan thousands of Canadian soldiers were wounded and 158 died, including 20 soldiers based out of CFB Shilo. The LAV III Monument is a fitting tribute to honour those Canadians who served.

The memorial project took six months to complete and many groups deserve thanks.  The vision and direction behind the project came from CFB Shilo Base Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Dave MacIntyre.  The LAV III Monument Program by Canada Company provided the monument and the main plaque.  The Shilo Service Club provided the stone cairn in front of the monument, and Real Property Operations constructed the cement pad that supports the LAV III.  The RCA Museum assisted with the acquisition and transportation of the LAV III from London, Ontario.