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Remembrance Day Service
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The parade parties will meet
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Sunday, November 11, 2001
10:30 a.m. Cenotaph Service
11:15 Church Service to
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2:30 p.m. Huronlea Service
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Facts on Canada's involvement in the First World War
Canada entered the war in 1914.
Almost 620,000 Canadian men and women served in the First World War at a time
when the population of the country was only a few million.
Of these, over 66,000 were killed.
At the Battle of the Somme the British Forces suffered their heaviest one-day loss
ever, over 57,000 men. More than 700 men from the Newfoundland regiment were
killed or injured during this battle.
Four Canadians were awarded the Victoria Cross, the Commonwealth's highest
award for bravery, for their part in the taking of Vimy Ridge.
Canadian John McCrae wrote the poem "In Flanders Fields" while on the battlefield.
During the course of the war, Canada's naval service grew from 350 men and two
ships to a force of 9,000 men and 100 ships.
Facts on Canada's involvement in the Second World War
By September 1939, over 58,000 Canadian men and women had volunteered to
serve in the Canadian Forces.
Canadian soldiers formed the main assault force for the raid on Dieppe, where over
900 Canadians were killed and almost 2,000 more were taken prisoner.
Approximately 14,000 Canadians landed at Normandy on D-day.
The 1" Canadian Army was instrumental in the liberation of Holland in May 1945.
Over one million Canadians served in the Second World War and approximately
45,000 gave their lives.
Canada's navy was the third largest in the allied forces, and its airforce was the
fourth largest.
By the end of the Second World War, Canada's navy with more than 113,000
personnel, included over 7,000 women.
For inore information on Canada's
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veterans, consult the Veterans
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