Overview

• Burdett Sisler, aged 110, is officially recognized as Canada’s oldest living man and World War II veteran.
• He recently celebrated his 110th birthday on April 13, 2025, at a Royal Canadian Legion in Fort Erie, surrounded by family and community members.
• Sisler enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army in 1943 after being turned away by the Air Force due to poor eyesight, later serving as a sergeant and telecommunications mechanic.
• He volunteered for mustard gas trials during the war, which later led to his participation in a successful class-action lawsuit against the Department of National Defence.
• After the war, Sisler settled in Fort Erie as a customs agent, raised a large family, and continues to embrace life with a positive outlook, saying, 'Every day is fun because I’m still alive.'