More then 50,000 Canadian Women served in WW2.
CWACs (army) 21,600
WDs (RCAF) 17,400
Wrens (Navy) 7,100
4,480 Nuring sisters
Nursing Sister Margaret Brooke was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her heroic efforts to save her fellow Nursing Sister Agnes Wilkie after the S.S. Caribou, the ferry they were taking to Newfoundland, was torpedoed in the Cabot Strait in 1942.
In addition a number of Canadian women served in SOE. (Canada was a sources of frenchwomen for the SOE both as agents and as radio operators).
During the 1.2 million women held full times jobs. Canada total population was 11 million
Mona Parsons
Marion Orr