How Did Ww1 Contribute To Canada

World War 1 (WW1) held the defining years of Canada as a nation and united its people. When studying WW1 the main focus of the people are white Canadians, the other races are not highlighted and brings up the discussion as to what their contributions were to the war. Canada was not always known for its multiculturalism, minority groups were discriminated before, during and after the war; through their contributions came liberation many years later when Canadians learned the minority's will to fight for a country that has so wrongly oppressed them. Life Before the War
During the early 20th century Japanese Canadians were a very limited population and only started to immigrate to Canada in the late 19th century. Canadians were not welcoming of their new residents, racism reached up to government officials who made laws and taxes that made their lives in Canada even more difficult. 1 The hate brewed so strongly that Anti-Asian riots began to bring attention of the growing populations of Asians in …show more content…
Although white soldiers were accepted without much exceptions lots of men from other races were denied from joining or the very least, had a lot of difficulty when enlisting. All Asians were refused to join the war in British Columbia, as a result around 200 Issei volunteers overcame B.C's racial barrier and traveled to Alberta where they were accepted.8 Similar circumstances occurred with the Black Canadians, they were initially rejected but after much persistence the Nova Scotia No. 2 Construction Battalion was created solely for them.9 At times of war white Canadians felt that it was their country to defend, not the others but as the minorities endured the racial ignorance and tried to prove to that they were loyal to their new home, Canada became more lenient in accepting their