Contents
Online resources from Veterans Affairs Canada
The following links have been extracted from the First World War section of the Veterans Affairs Canada’s website. That site has a worth of information and if you can’t find what you are looking for here, check there.
General
Canada and the First World War
Timeline: Canada in the First World War
Diaries, Letters and Stories from both World Wars
Video archives from WWI — scroll down and find the list near the bottom of the page. Most of them are from the Historica website.
Battles and Campaigns
Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel
Medals and Memorials
Canadian Virtual War Memorial — Search for Canadian War Dead
Additional Online Resources
The Canadian Centre for the Great War
1914-1918-online — International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Archives Association of Ontario — World War I Resources
Printed Resources
To search what’s available at W-O, use the WRDSB’s online catalogue. In addition to the traditional printed material, you can find eBooks there as well.
If you would like to browse the shelves, books on WWI could be found in 940.3 and 940.4. We also have two sets of encyclopedia: The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War I and The Grolier Library of World War I.