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Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada)

Canadian Merchant Navy

Fleet of merchant vessels that are registered to Canada

Canada, like several other Commonwealth nations, created the Canadian Merchant Navy in a large-scale effort during World War II. A total of 12,000 men and women served in Canada's Merchant Navy. By war's end, 1,500 Canadians had died, including eight women.
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Canada

Country in North America

Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area, with the world's longest coastline. Its border with…
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