Online Features: The First World War and Canada
Cobourg, Ont. resident campaigns for 100 cities to plant poppies
Poppies planted in Canadian cities to mark the centenary of the First World War
Canadian thanksgiving in November
How giving thanks was once linked to Armistice Day
Parks Canada places commemorating the First World War
Sites across Canada honouring the war
Land Girls Hoeing
Women’s war work painting
Canada’s war pilots
The role of fighter and observation pilots in the First World War
Soldier art
The haunting images created by Canadian soldiers
War animal
The brave animals that helped soldiers
War posters
The images that helped Canada collect funds and recruit soldiers
Map of First World War memorial sites
Canadian places that honour our country’s war involvement
Rare First World War photography
Slides from an old camera reveal unique war images
War music
A McMaster University project brings back songs from the First World War
Home cooking
Rations tips from the First World War
The First World War and Canada Quiz
Twenty questions on how the Great War changed the nation
Vimy Canadian Memorial photo essay
A trip back in time to the memorial’s dedication
War documents
From soldiers to royalty, the personal documents behind the war
Excerpt from The Last Plague: Spanish Influenza and the Politics of Public Health in Canada
Read the account of one young soldier’s fight against the Spanish flu in 1918.
“In Flanders Fields”
The story behind the poem
