"Out of respect for the family's privacy and in order not to interfere with the investigation, no further details will be provided at this time," it said in a statement, saying a search had started.

The man was identified in a separate Canadian Armed Forces press release on Thursday as Warrant Officer George Hohl, a vehicle technician from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron.

Hohl was deployed to Latvia as part of a Canadian-led NATO force and went missing on September 2 after last being seen in Adazi, which houses a military base for the force, the Canadian military said.

Operation Reassurance includes 1,500 troops stationed in Latvia, an EU and NATO member that borders Russia, as part of the Canadian-led NATO battlegroup that has been in Latvia since 2017.