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Canada’s Response to WWI

Canada’s Response to WWI. British Influence. Canada had no choice but to go to war because they were still part of the British Empire Most English speaking Canadians were of British origin so they supported the war . Why would Canadians go to Europe? .

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Canada’s Response to WWI

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  1. Canada’s Response to WWI

  2. British Influence • Canada had no choice but to go to war because they were still part of the British Empire • Most English speaking Canadians were of British origin so they supported the war

  3. Why would Canadians go to Europe? • PM Borden initially offered Britain 25 000 troops but 30 000 volunteered in the first month • They thought that the war would be short and they would be home by Christmas • Thought it would be an adventure • Some people didn’t have a job

  4. Who couldn’t fight? • Women were considered to be to frail and emotional. Though some became nurses and ambulance drivers behind the front lines • The Canadian forces originally didn’t accept Aboriginal, African and Japanese-Canadians

  5. National Identity • A sense of being Canadian • Built through boot camp in Valcartier, Que. • Before the war people in different parts of the country didn’t have contact with each other • Boot camp brought people together from all over the country

  6. Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) • British thought that the CEF would just be integrated into the larger more experienced units • For much of the war CEF was an independent unit • Regarded as the most effective unit on the Western front

  7. Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia • In charge of Canada’s armament industry • Created the Shell Committee to manufacture shells • By 1917 Canada was supplying 1/3 of the shells used by the British forces • Poor minister and the ministry became ineffective • Some of the shells were so bad that they exploded before they were fired killing gun crews

  8. Shoddy equipment • Profiteers were more interested in making money than producing quality goods • Soldiers were given boots with soles made of cardboard • Canadian Ross rifle jammed in rapid fire

  9. War Measures Act • Granted the Canadian government the authority to do everything necessary “for the security, defense, peace, order and welfare of Canada” • Never had this power before • This act stripped Canadians of their civil liberties • Habeas corpus (the right of a person to be brought in front of a judge) was taken away

  10. Internment Camps • People of German or Austro-Hungarian decent had to carry ID cards and report to the gov’t regularly • 8579 were held in isolation in internment camps

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