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."

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."