‹ Canada's History

The First World War p. 21

  • Over 7,000. More than 7,000 Canadians volunteered for the war of 1899–1902. p. 21
  • April 1917. Vimy Ridge was captured in April 1917. p. 21
  • November 11, 1918. The war ended with the Armistice on November 11, 1918. p. 21
  • More than 600,000. More than 600,000 served, most of them volunteers. p. 21
  • Ukrainian men from Austria-Hungary. They were former Austro-Hungarian subjects, mostly Ukrainian men, held as "enemy aliens." p. 21
  • General Sir Arthur Currie. Currie commanded the Canadian Corps in 1918. p. 21

Women get the vote p. 21

  • Dr. Emily Stowe. Dr. Emily Stowe led the movement; she was also Canada's first woman doctor practising in Canada. p. 21
  • Manitoba. Manitoba gave women the vote first, in 1916. p. 21
  • Agnes Macphail. Agnes Macphail, a farmer and teacher, was elected in 1921. p. 21
  • Army nurses. More than 3,000 nurses, called Bluebirds, served; 2,500 of them overseas. p. 21
  • Sir Robert Borden's. Borden's government gave the federal vote first to nurses at the front. p. 21
  • Thérèse Casgrain and others. Casgrain and others led the effort that won Quebec women the vote in 1940. p. 21

Remembrance Day p. 22

  • November 11. Remembrance Day is held every November 11. p. 22
  • A red poppy. Canadians wear the red poppy to remember the fallen. p. 22
  • Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. McCrae, a Canadian medical officer, wrote the poem often read on Remembrance Day. p. 22
  • At 11 a.m. on November 11. The silence is kept at 11 a.m. on November 11. p. 22

Between the wars p. 22

  • The British Commonwealth of Nations. The Empire became a free association of states, the British Commonwealth of Nations. p. 22
  • The Great Depression. The crash led to the Great Depression, the "Dirty Thirties." p. 22
  • 1934. The Bank of Canada was created in 1934 to manage the money supply. p. 22
  • 27%. Unemployment reached 27% during the Depression. p. 22
  • Farmers in Western Canada. Low grain prices and drought hit Western farmers hardest. p. 22
  • Jews trying to flee Nazi Germany. Immigration dropped in the 1930s and many refugees, including Jews fleeing the Nazis, were refused. p. 22

The Second World War p. 23

  • Germany's invasion of Poland. The war began when Hitler invaded Poland. p. 23
  • Juno Beach. Canadian troops captured Juno Beach during the invasion of Normandy. p. 23
  • The Battle of the Atlantic. The navy protected convoys against German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic. p. 23
  • The Netherlands. The Canadian Army liberated the Netherlands. p. 23
  • More than one million. Over a million served, out of a population of 11.5 million. p. 23
  • 44,000. Of those who served, 44,000 were killed. p. 23

Discover Canada, pp. 21–23. MapleQuiz summary, not official text. Read this chapter on canada.ca