First World War | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Biographies (16)
Commemoration (10)
Home Front (10)
Politics (5)
The Western Front (26)
Timelines
First World War Timeline
Education
Halifax Explosion Map
Ypres Salient, 1917
Think Like a Historian: Introduction to Vimy
Passchendaele Education Guide
First World War Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Pictures
Indigenous Peoples and Twentieth-Century Canadian Military History
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Letters
Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Newspapers
Canadian Military Innovations Learning Tool
Think Like a Historian: The Last Hundred Days
Videos
Think Like a Historian: The Battle of Vimy Ridge Think Like a Historian: The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Heritage Minutes: John McCrae Heritage Minutes: John McCrae
Heritage Minutes: Valour Road Heritage Minutes: Valour Road
Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters
The Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele
The Battle for Hill 70 The Battle for Hill 70
Heritage Minutes: Winnipeg Falcons Heritage Minutes: Winnipeg Falcons
Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Newspapers Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Newspapers
Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Pictures Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Pictures
Think Like a Historian: Halifax Explosion in Sketches Think Like a Historian: Halifax Explosion in Sketches
Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion
Think Like a Historian: Halifax Explosion in Letters Think Like a Historian: Halifax Explosion in Letters
Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Letters (Francis Bathe) Think Like a Historian : Vimy in Letters (Francis Bathe)
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First World War

The First World War of 1914–1918 was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, taking the lives of more than 60,000 Canadians. This collection brings together a number of our resources on the First World War.

Image above: Canadians soldiers advancing through German wire entanglements at Vimy Ridge. April, 1917. Canadian Department of National Defence/Library and Archives Canada/PA-001087.

Canadian soldiers at Vimy in German wire entanglements

Featured Articles

The Somme
Editorial

Timelines

WWI-Vimy-troops in wire
timeline

First World War Timeline

The First World War of 1914–1918 was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, taking the lives of more than 60,000 Canadians. It erased romantic notions of war, introducing slaughter on a massive scale, and instilled a fear of foreign military involvement that would last until the Second World War.

Education Guides

Think Like a Historian: Introduction to Vimy
Education Guide
Passchendaele Education Guide
Education Guide
First World War Education Guide
Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Pictures
Education Guide
Indigenous Peoples and Twentieth-Century Canadian Military History
Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Letters
Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: The Halifax Explosion
Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: Vimy in Newspapers
Education Guide
Canadian Military Innovations Learning Tool
Education Guide
Think Like a Historian: The Last Hundred Days
Education Guide

Primary Sources

Halifax Explosion Map
Primary Source
Ypres Salient, 1917
Primary Source
Map Showing Progress in the Ypres Area

Gallery

Vimy Monument
Vimy Monument
Nurse with wounded soldiers
Nursing Sisters
Wounded at the Somme
Nursing Sisters, 1917
Two Black soldiers washing their clothing
Loading Ammunition
Tumpline, First World War
Second Battle of Ypres
Vimy Ridge
A Canadian soldier looking through the south entrance of the Cathedral in Ypres, 1917.
WWI-Vimy-troops in wire
Canadian soldiers, Battle of Somme
Howitzer-Battle of Somme
W.A. Bishop
Cdn. soldiers returning from Vimy Ridge
Houses of Ypres
Cathedral in Ypres, 1918.
Battle of Amiens

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