April 11 – Canadian Margaret C. MacDonald is appointed Matron-in-Chief of the Canadian Nursing service band and becomes the first woman in the British Empire to reach the rank of major.
May 14 – First major discovery of oil in western Canada at Turner Valley
May 20 – The Niagara Falls peace conference begins. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and the United States met for diplomatic negotiations in order to avoid war between the United States and Mexico
Governor General assures British government that Canadian people will make every effort and sacrifice to maintain integrity and honour "of our Empire"[3]
British government accepts Canada's offers of expeditionary force and 1 million 98-lb. bags of flour (latter will steady prices and relieve distress)[4]
Before shipping out, professor says that war is good for nation's health[5]
Nellie McClung describes "The Women's Parliament" burlesque of attitudes toward women's suffrage[8]
"The race problem is becoming a serious one in Canada" - Many examples of menial jobs held by workers of Asian origin in B.C. (Note: racial stereotypes)[9]
^"From the Governor General to the Secretary of State for the Colonies" (second of this title, August 1, 1914), Documents Relative to the European War (1914), pg. 41 (PDF frame 38). (See also pledges of support in Prime Minister Borden's speech to House of Commons) Accessed 16 May 2022
^Telegrams between Governor General and Secretary of State for the Colonies (August 6–7, 1914), Documents Relative to the European War (1914), pgs. 43-4 (PDF frames 40-1). Accessed 16 May 2022
^Reginald Bateman, "The War" (October 25, 1914), Reginald Bateman; Teacher and Soldier; A Memorial[....] (1922), pgs. 129-37. Accessed 28 February 2020
^"St. Lawrence Collision; The Lady Grey arrives at Quebec with the victims of the Empress of Ireland Disaster" (1914), Dans l'oeil du collectionneur, no 4. Accessed 29 May 2021 https://zoom-out.ca/view/dans-lil-du-collectionneur-n-4 (newsreel begins at 2:17)
^Diplomatic correspondence in Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United
States[....] (1915), pgs. 415-23. Accessed 2 March 2020