 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Sechikamu cheUmambo hweBritain, Canada yakabva yangopinda muHondo Yenyika I payakatanga muna 1914. Canada yakatakura mutoro wehondo huru dzinoverengeka mukati mematanho apakuvamba ehondo, kubatanidza kushandiswa kwegasi rine chepfu paYpres. Kurasikirwa kwakava kwakakomba, uye hurumende pakupedzisira yakaunza basa rechiuto, pasinei zvapo neidi rokuti ikoku kwakanga kuchipesana nezvishuvo zvavazhinji vavaCanada vechiFrench. Mukati meCrisis of Conscription yakazotevera ya 1917, bongozozo dzakaputika mumigwagwa yeMontreal. MuNewfoundland yakavakidzana nayo, nyika itsva yacho yakarasikirwa zvikuru musi waJuly 1, 1916, zuva rokutanga paSomme. 