How was World War I good for Canada?

Answer 1

Canada sent thousands of men to WW1, far out of proportion to the population and in far more percentage of young men than any other country. it is said here that every city, town and village lost sons and brothers in WW1.

Answer 2

Positive Effects:

• Women gained new jobs.
• • At the front, they were ambulance drivers, hospitals.
  • At home, they were factory workers, bus & streetcar drivers, got jobs in banks & civil services, were farmerettes, and organized benefit events.
  • Suffrage (right to vote)
  • • Women's wartime performance gave the women's rights movement huge push.
    • Nelly McClung was a leading voice.
    • All Canadian women gained the right to vote in a new law made in 1918, some in 1916/17.
• Canada obtained international prestige.
• • Canada got a separate seat at the Peace Conference & League of Nations.
• There was nationalistic pride from Canada's performance in the war (Vimy Ridge).

Negative Effects

• There was a human cost of over 61 000. There were 172 000 injuries.
• • Many young men died.
  • Royal Newfoundland Regiment
  • • 801 Newfoundlanders went into battle
    • "It was a magnificent display of trained and disciplined valour, and its assault only failed of success because dead men can advance no further." - Major-General Sir Beauvoir De Lisle
    • • 85% of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment destroyed in half an hour
      • 68 were able to answer the roll call the next day
      • 255 dead
      • 386 wounded
      • 91 missing
• Canadians encountered many horrors during the war such as gas warfare.
• Canada was in debt during the war; Income Tax was introduced to pay for the war.
• Conscription crisis:
• • New immigrants, aboriginals and 'foreigners' lost their right to vote
  • Conscription separated the French & English Canadians
  • • French feared the 'tyranny of the majority'
• Soldiers were separated from their families (some were very young men)
• Canadian society became xenophobic and intolerant (gained the fear/dislike of foreigners).
• • Immigrants were discriminated against.
• The War Measures Act was put in use; it gave the government new, undemocratic powers to deal with war. They created internment camps and locked up 'enemy aliens' (e.g. Ukrainian Canadians).
• The Halifax harbour explosion:
• • It was the collision of the Imo (a Belgian relief boat) and the Mont Blanc ( which was loaded with explosives).
  • 2000 were killed and 9000 wounded.
• Soldiers brought back the Spanish Influenza.
• Veterans returned unemployed.

Answer 3

I'm not sure why, but in all informational things like Wikipedia, Canadians are barely in there. They helped out a lot in World War 1, and they did more than the U.S in World War 2 but still get low credit, in World War 1, the Canadians took over Vimy Ridge, The second battle of Passchendaele and the Battle of Somme. They also sent woman across sea's to help as Nurses. The Canadians also fought in Neuve Chapelle, The second battle of Ypres. In the Battle of Ypres, when the Germans used Chlorine Gas, all soldiers retreated as a Canadian soldier found a way to neutralize the effect by urinating into a rag, and pressing it over their mouth and noses; They were the only ones able to hold the line. In Vimy Ridge, the battle started at 5:30 AM, and every 3 minutes, the Canadian divisions moved 100yards (91m) and at 6:25AM they reported of capturing their first point, The Black Line. Shortly after, at 7:00AM the first division was half way to their second point, The Red Line. At 11:30AM the Blue Line and the town of Thelus was captured. They also did 'One Hundred Day Offense', "Throughout these three final months, the Canadian troops saw action in several areas. The first was near the enemy salient on August 8 where the Canadian Corps (along with the New Zealanders, Australians, French and British) was charged with the task of spearheading the assault on the German forces in Amiens." "In the final one hundred days of the war, the Canadian Corps marched successfully to Mons. However, during this period, the Canadian Corps suffered 46,000 casualties. The last Canadian to be killed was George Lawrence Price, two minutes before the armistice took effect at 11 am. on November 11. He is traditionally recognized as being the last soldier killed during WWI."

Hope it helped, I wanted to go into high detail, since I am a Canadian and everyone thinks America did everything. <.<

Answer 4

Though there were a great many negative effects of World War 1 on Canada, there were some positive things. For example, women gained new jobs such as being ambulance, bus, and streetcar drivers. In addition, the war gave suffragism a huge push, many women gained the right to vote. Canada also gained nationalistic pride from battles such as the Battle of Vimy Ridge, and Canada gained international prestige and a seat at the Peace conference as well as the League of Nations.

Answer 5

It did not. If anything, the War brought a strengthening of ties among the various Colonies of the Empire- all engaged in the fight. Canada plunged in and all major units except one regiment were armed with the Canadian designed ( and somewhat unreliable) Ross rifle. The Ross rifles- named and produced by Sir Charles Ross, who was clearly a Briton. They were different in caliber (.280 Ross) and action ( straight pull, like a modern assault rifle or automatic) than the issue RA Enfields so familiar to the British. Canadian nationalism, did get a positive shot with the Ross rifles- but critics knew they had a tendency to jam, and worse still the bolt could blow out, possibly injuring the gunner, when the weapon was fired. Major reliability issues dogged the Ross, and they were not used in future wars. ( Many were sold surplus). Canadian troops were engaged with the British in such major campaigns as Vimy ridge, and a number including top ace Billy Bishop- served with the RAF under British command. Lt.Colonel Bishop was top scoring allied ace of World war I- at 72 confirmed kills.

Answer 6

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