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A massive and unprecedented voluntary effort had supported the troops overseas and loaned Ottawa the money it needed to fight the war. The resulting post-war debt of some $2 billion was owed mostly to other Canadians, a fact which fundamentally altered the nature of the post-war economy. Politically, the war was also a watershed.
- Canada at War
Canada’s War. In 1914, Canada was a self-governing dominion...
- The Cost of Canada's War
Of the more than 172,000 Canadians who reported wounds...
- Sir Robert Borden
Borden used the scale and importance of Canada’s growing war...
- Vimy Ridge
The battle has since become an important symbol for Canada,...
- Thank You
Canada and the First World War FRANÇAIS. Thank You. A note...
- Rights
Canada and the First World War. Rights . Materials on this...
- Credits
Canada and the First World War FRANÇAIS. Introduction;...
- Disclaimer
Canada and the First World War. Disclaimer . Please note...
- Canada at War
J.L. Granatstein. The Great War, lasting from August 1914 to November 1918, had a huge effect on Canada. In the hothouse atmosphere created by the conflict, attitudes changed faster, tensions ...
Nov 8, 2007 · World wars shaped Canada’s identity: historian. The Canada we know today would be quite different had it not been for the two World Wars of the last century, historian and author Jonathan Vance ...
Sep 6, 2013 · They have counted their dead. They are counting them every day with each fresh list of “casualties” that the telegraph brings from Ottawa. In the first year of the war Canada lost,—dead ...
- Going to War
- War and The Economy
- Recruitment at Home
- The Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Other Canadian Efforts
- Vimy and Passchendaele
- Borden and Conscription
- The Final Phase
The Canadian Parliamentdidn't choose to go to war in 1914. The country's foreign affairs were guided in London. So when Britain's ultimatum to Germany to withdraw its army from Belgium expired on 4 August 1914, the British Empire, including Canada, was at war, allied with Serbia, Russia, and France against the German and Austro-Hungarian empires. T...
At first the war hurt a troubled economy, increasing unemployment and making it hard for Canada's new, debt-ridden transcontinental railways, the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific, to find credit. By 1915, however, military spending equaled the entire government expenditure of 1913. Minister of Finance Thomas White opposed raising taxes...
Unemployed workers flocked to enlist in 1914–15. Recruiting, handled by prewar militia regiments and by civic organizations, cost the government nothing. By the end of 1914 the target for the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) was 50,000; by summer 1915 it was 150,000. During a visit to England that summer, Prime Minister Bordenwas shocked with the...
Canadians in the CEF became part of the British army. As minister of militia, Sam Hughes insisted on choosing the officers and on retaining the Canadian-made Ross rifle. Since the rifle jammed easily and since some of Hughes' choices were incompetent cronies, the Canadian military had serious deficiencies. A recruiting system based on forming hundr...
While most Canadians served with the Canadian Corps or with a separate Canadian cavalry brigade on the Western Front, Canadians could be found almost everywhere in the Allied war effort. Young Canadians had trained (initially at their own expense) to become pilots in the British flying services. In 1917 the Royal Flying Corps opened schools in Cana...
British and French strategists deplored diversions from the main effort against the bulk of the German forces on the European Western Front. It was there, they said, that war must be waged. A battle-hardened Canadian Corps was a major instrument in this war of attrition (see Canadian Command during the Great War). Its skill and training were tested...
By 1916, even the patriotic leagues had confessed the failure of voluntary recruiting. Business leaders, Protestants, and English-speaking Catholics such as Bishop Michael Fallon grew critical of French Canada. Faced with a growing demand for conscription, the Borden government compromised in August 1916 with a program of national registration. A p...
In March 1918, disaster fell upon the Allies. German armies, moved from the Eastern to the Western Front after Russia's collapse in 1917, smashed through British lines. The Fifth British Army was destroyed. In Canada, anti-conscription riots in Québec on Easter weekend left four dead. Borden's new government cancelled all exemptions. Many who had v...
Canada's total casualties at the end of the war stood at 67 000 killed and 25 0000 wounded, out of an expeditionary force of more than 620 000 people mobilized. The freedom and pride that Canada enjoys today has come with great sacrifice. 1. Veterans Affairs Canada web site; www.veterans.gc.ca. 2.
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Nov 15, 2017 · The First World War also had a profound impact on Canada. The nation of not yet eight million fielded a fighting force of more than 620,000. The costs were appalling with more than 66,000 ...
