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Wartime Economy

Wartime Economy

It may be hard to imagine today, but as the Great War approached, Brantford was among Canada's strongest cities in terms of industrial output. At the turn of the century, it was surpassed by only Toronto and Montreal as a centre of production.

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Agriculture

Industry 1914 - 1919

Women in Industry in Brantford and Brant County

Women's Emergency Corps
 

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Latest News & Events

  • Charlotte Livingston's Silver Cross Pilgrimage to the Battlefields of France and Belgium
    May 22nd, 2017
  • Brantford's Lost Gun of Vimy
    April 10th, 2017
  • Remembering Vimy - The Killed from Brant County
    April 9th, 2017
  • Remembering Vimy - The Wounded from Brant County
    April 6th, 2017
  • Brantford’s “On to Vimy” Contingent - 1936
    April 5th, 2017
  • GWCA Presents: Professor Peter Farrugia - April 3, 2017
    March 29th, 2017
  • GWCA Presents: Terry Copp - March 27, 2017
    March 21st, 2017
  • GWCA Presents: Eric Story – Monday, March 20 @ 7:30 p.m.
    March 17th, 2017
  • GWCA Presents: Gary Surette – March 15 @ 7:30 p.m.
    March 10th, 2017
  • Veteran of Vimy - April 9, 1917
    March 9th, 2017

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