Events from the year 1915 in Canada.

1915
in
Canada

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Deaths

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Historical documents

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"Canada First" - Henri Bourassa warns against involvement in war beyond what is good for Canada's finances, agriculture, industry, trade, military etc.[3]

Tests for tradesmen in Royal Flying Corps include coppersmiths making T pieces out of plate, tinsmiths making square funnels and painters signwriting[4]

Canadian Lt. Col. John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" is published in Punch magazine[5]

Nursing sister Capt. Sophie Hoerner notes her hard work and praises her patients[6]

Canadian prisoners of war tell German captors why they're fighting against Germany[7]

Future minister of national defence George Pearkes describes trench duty conditions[8]

Canadian soldier feels homicidal after friend's brother found dead on battlefield and their family perhaps lost in Lusitania sinking[9]

Brant County, Ont. leaders thank Six Nations following death of Lt. Cameron Brant[10]

Officer describes huge training camp at Valcartier, Quebec [11]

Soldier's letter about visiting friends and touring palaces in England, then getting arrested for returning late to camp[12]

Canada's hundreds of growing towns should deter growth of slums found in its big cities[13]

Saskatchewan government revokes liquor licences[14]

Indian residential school principal criticized for allowing children to go home too often[15]

Postcard: "Salmon Fishing on the Fraser River" shows cannery interior with piles of hundreds of cans[16]

References

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  1. ^ "King George V | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Percy Saltzman, Canada's first TV weatherman, dies". CBC News. January 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 18, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2007.
  3. ^ Henri Bourassa, The Duty of Canada at the Present Hour (1915). Accessed 15 May 2022
  4. ^ "Schedule of Trades in Royal Flying Corps," The (Westville, N.S.) Recruiter Vol. 1, No. 2 (November 17, 1915), 7th-8th pgs. Accessed 15 May 2022
  5. ^ John McCrae, "In Flanders Fields" Punch, pg. 468 (December 8, 1915). Accessed 3 March 2020
  6. ^ Letter of Sophie Hoerner (July 9, 1915). Accessed 3 March 2020
  7. ^ Nellie McClung, "Chapter IX; Caught!" Three Times and Out: A Canadian Boy's Experience in Germany (1918). Accessed 3 March 2020
  8. ^ Letter of George Pearkes (October 2, 1915). Accessed 3 March 2020 (See also Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders))
  9. ^ Letter of James Wells Ross (May 17, 1915). Accessed 3 March 2020
  10. ^ Letter of Warden George E. Cooke and 14 others (May 1, 1915). Accessed 3 March 2020
  11. ^ "To William MacIntosh from Doug Holman, Valcartier, Quebec" (June 19, 1915). Accessed 6 March 2020
  12. ^ "A Letter Home,[...]Arthur Magee to His Mother[....]" (January 16, 1915). Accessed 6 March 2020 http://website.nbm-mnb.ca/mop/english/ww1/dosearch.asp?Results=50&q=January (scroll down to Magee)
  13. ^ Thomas Adams, "Distribution of Population" Civic Improvement League for Canada; Report [from] the Commission of Conservation[...;]November 19, 1915 (1916), pgs. 10-11. Accessed 5 March 2020
  14. ^ "Deathknell Of Liquor Traffic Sounded In Saskatchewan...." Regina Morning Leader (March 19, 1915), pg. 1. Accessed 5 March 2020
  15. ^ "Report of Dr. O.I. Grain" (excerpt; October 7, 1915), Department of Indian Affairs. Accessed 24 June 2021
  16. ^ Richard Broadbridge, "Salmon Fishing on the Fraser River" (created 1915, copyright 1913), University of British Columbia Library. Accessed 6 November 2022