Heroes Not only were Canadians noted for their fighting prowess but Canada produced the war's most long-lived heroes. Women On the homefront women carried the brunt of the war's hardships, stepped into men's roles and worked on the frontlines as Nursing Sisters. From the Rock 35 years before it was a province, Newfoundland was a British dominion who's regiment was almost completed destroyed at The Somme. First Nations Though small in number Canada's aboriginal people make a significant contribution to the war. La Belle Province Goes to War Quebeckers were torn about their participation in the war and conscription left an open wound. Life Goes on. . . After 1918 life in Canada appeared to return to normal, but it really didn't. The crucible of the war forged a new but more complex nation.
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The story of the Great War was told in many ways by many people. The experience of the war, both in the trenches and at home, varied with gender and geography, with culture and community. Out of the caldron of war, heroes were created, women emerged with new rights, Native Canadians and Newfoundlanders made their mark and the people of Quebec, in their ambivalent response, started a narrative that continues today.