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The history of Canada in World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany.The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in the hands of the British parliament. [1]
In 1924, the Canadian government in a reply to a questionnaire from the International Labour Office, an agency of the League of Nations, reported 628,964 men mobilized and 51,674 dead and missing in World War I. [46] The Soviet demographer Boris Urlanis estimated that included in total Canadian military deaths are 53,000 killed and died of wounds.
[10] [11] The Canadian government took over the Halifax Dockyard (now CFB Halifax) from the Royal Navy. [12] This dockyard later became the command centre of the Royal Canadian Navy upon its founding in 1910. [13] Just before the First World War, the Canadian government began a determined, costly effort to develop the harbour and waterfront ...
This list of Canadian disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Canadian soil or involved Canadian citizens, in a definable incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
The Canadian Economy in the Great Depression (1959), a standard history; Sandemose, Aksel. Aksel Sandemose and Canada: a Scandinavian writer's perception of the Canadian Prairies in the 1920s (2005) online; Siegfried, André. Canada (1937) wide ranging survey of politics, economics and society. online; Srigley, Katrina.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Pages in category "Canadian military personnel killed in World War I" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total.
Lists of death tolls. Casualties of the Iraq War; Deadliest single days of World War I; List of wars by death toll; United States military casualties of war – Military personnel casualties of the United States; List of terrorist incidents; List of wars – Overview of and topical guide to war