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| 4 August 1914 (in support of Britain) |
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| Self-governing dominion within the British empire (1867) |
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| Robert Borden: prime minister, 1911-20 |
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| 3,000 regular soldiers backed up by a volunteer militia (1914). Anticipating the outbreak of a European war, Canada established a Canadian Expeditionary Force in mid-1914, and 30,000 Canadian troops were training in Britain by November 1914. A total of 620,000 Canadians volunteered for service during the First World War, mainly in the army but also on naval duties and with the Royal Flying Corps. |
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| 56,500 dead, 149,700 wounded |
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