ey also served as nurses and ambulance drivers overseas.Canada has sent 608 thousand soldiers overseas to fight in the war, but received 238 thousand casualties from the war. Back on the home front, there were 1000 plus new factories built. Cheese exports increased by 300%, Pork exports increased by 535%, Wheat exports increased by 2183%, and Beef exports increased by 6755%. The war also created 350 thousand jobs, and the total value of war production totaled 1 billion dollars.After the war was over, Prime Minister Borden demanded that Canada have it’s own seat at the Versailles peace conference in 1919, and later with the League of Nations. Before then, Canada was represented internationally by Britain. After the war, Canada continued to looses it’s ties with Great Britain, and eventually became a fully independent nation....
