1. Canada During World War II
On The Home Front
Canada During World War II

2. Canadian enlistments in Montreal, September, 1939, widely repeated across Canada.

3. Canadian propaganda posters to encourage the Canadian war effort

5. Save Waste Bones – they make glue for aircraft and are used for EXPLOSIVES

7. A Canadian Storefront - WWII
“Loyal citizens, do not hoard”
Rationed:
Sugar – 1/2 lb per wk per person
Tea – ½ of the usual purchase
Coffee – ¾ of the usual purchase

8. Canadian Car and Foundry Plant in Nova Scotia was converted to make airplanes.

9. Women Went to (Paid) Work Again

10. Anti-aircraft guns being made in Peterborough, Ontario, 1943.

11. Mrs. A. Mackay, a shipyard welder in Pictou, Nova Scotia, World War II

12. Woman crane operator at the Westinghouse plant in Hamilton, 1942, lowering a naval gun-barrel onto a lathe.

13. Mealtime at an Ontario wartime day nursery, c. 1942.

14. Producing tanks at the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1942, for use by Canadian and British forces garrisoning Britain.

15. The De Havilland aircraft factory, Toronto, Ontario, c
The De Havilland aircraft factory, Toronto, Ontario, c. 1939, with mostly small training craft under construction.

16. Universal carriers being completed in a final assembly plant for World War II service, Ford Company of Canada, Windsor, Ontario, 1942.