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  1. May 26, 2005 · But now, at least, the financial concerns that had crimped British armaments orders in Canada and restrained Ottawa’s own purchases were gone. In April 1940, $11.6 million in contracts were placed; in May $31 million; in June $45 million; in July $82 million; in October 1940 $148 million. Both London and Ottawa wanted everything now, right now.

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  2. Nov 8, 2018 · Aviation. During the war, 116,000 Canadian workers, more than 30,000 of whom were women, produced more than 16,400 aircraft. Though most Canadian aircraft manufacturers focused on small training and fighter planes, a notable exception was Victory Aircraft, a Crown corporation in Malton, Ontario.

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  3. By the year 1945 government spending had peaked at 52% of the national GDP. [35] Before joining World War II US government spending in 1941 represented 30% of GDP, or about $408 billion. In 1944 at the peak of World War II, government spending had risen to over $1.6 trillion about 79% of the GDP.

  4. Mar 8, 2018 · Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945 Official history of the Canadian Government's policies in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945. PDF version, 10.8 MB

  5. Feb 7, 2006 · The Department of Munitions and Supply was Canada's principal agency for co-ordinating domestic industry during World War II.It was decided that a civilian department should control the production of munitions for Canada and its allies, and accordingly Parliament passed the Munitions and Supply Act in September 1939 and brought it into force on 9 April 1940.

  6. Canada not only replaced these losses, it did much more. Canadian industry produced more than 800,000 military transport vehicles, 50,000 tanks, 40,000 field, naval, and anti-aircraft guns, and 1,700,000 small arms. Of the 800,000 military vehicles of all types built in Canada, 168,000 were issued to Canadian Forces.

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  8. Jan 1, 1998 · Annual military spending as a share of national income of selected major powers during the Second World War from 1939 to 1944 [Graph], University of Warwick, January 1, 1998. [Online].

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