What was Canada's response to World War 1?

Answer 1

Canada had many different ethnic groups and each one of their response to war varied

English canadians had great enthusiasm

French canadians didn't want to join war and had low enthusiasm

Native canadians had tremendous enthusiasm but were mocked at the beginning of the war and the government refused to let them join the war, but later allowed them and many able-bodied natives men joined the war

Black canadians weren't allowed to join war first, but the government changed policies and many were allowed later on but many did volunteer even though they mostly did labour work in the war rather than any fighting

Japanese canadians were rejected first but then were let and they showed decent support because they wanted to show their loyalty to Canada

Answer 2

AnswerAt the outbreak of the Second World War, Canada was a self-governing dominion, thanks to the 1931 Statute of Westminster. Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on September 3rd 1939, following the German invasion of Poland. Canada, in control of its domestic and foreign policy completely since 1931 was not at war on September 3rd. This allowed us to purchase much needed arms from the United States, as they had a strict policy about selling arms to belligerent powers. For Seven days Canada was neutral.

Prime Minister Mackenzie King, who was adamant about his "Parliament Will Decide," recalled parliament and the House of Commons debated the motion on September 9th 1939. There were only 3 desenting voices. As a result, King announced the Declaration of War on Germany on September 10th. He was successful in bringing the country into the conflict united, as he promised the French Canadians that there would be no conscription for overseas service (he would later renege on this promise).

Canada for the large part in 1939 still had many economic, cultural and social ties to Britain. In fact a this time most of Canada's trade was with Britain, and that support could not be lost, or it would crush the already unstable recession. Many Canadians were still born in Britain, and until 1947, all Canadians (even if born in Canada) were still British Subjects. This gave many Canadians a feeling that they had a self-evident national duty to serve Britain.

Political opinion in Canada had long been against British military adventures around the world and non-committal, unless there was a threat to the British Isles. Canada had long been aware that Nazi Germany was an increasingly aggressive state, and at war with Britain would ultimately threaten Britain itself.

Answer 3

During World War II, Canada, as you can guess, was on the Allies' side. One thing that they did was that during D-Day, Canada's boats were the only boats to exactly hit shore on where they wanted to go. The rest didn't hit their marks because of bad weather.

Answer 4

Canada declared war on Germany on 10 September 1939.