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Canada. Army. Battalion, 11th

  • Secondary Agency
  • 1914-1917

Authorized on August 10, 1914, the 11th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force recruited from places such as Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Winnipeg, Manitoba. The battalion mobilized at Camp Valcartier, Quebec before embarking for Great Britain on September 30, 1914. The battalion was redesignated 11th Reserve Infantry Battalion on April 29, 1915. On January 4, 1917 its personnel was absorbed by the new 11th Reserve Battalion (Manitoba), Canadian Expeditionary Force, that subsequently disbanded on October 12, 1917.

Canada. Army. Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.)

  • Secondary Agency
  • 1936-1955

The Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) was established on December 15, 1936 from a merger of Saskatoon Light Infantry (S.L.I.) and C Company of the 12th Machine Gun Battalion. It became the North Saskatchewan Regiment, 2nd Battalion on February 17, 1955.

Canada. Canadian National Railway Company. Department of Colonization and Agriculture

  • GA 124
  • Secondary Agency
  • 1919-1963

In 1919, the Canadian National Railway Company (CNR), a federal Crown corporation, established a Department of Colonization and Agriculture to promote immigration and land settlement in Canada. The company believed that attracting settlers to farm in Canada would increase its rail traffic in certain regions and help dispose of some of its land grants, thus increasing its overall earnings. The company encouraged immigrants to settle adjacent to its rail lines and to use the railway to transport livestock, seed, supplies and other goods and services. In 1925, the Canadian Government, who relied on the railways to promote immigration, established the Railways Agreement. Under this agreement, the company was granted authority to select, transport and locate immigrants for permanent settlement in Canada. In Saskatchewan, the districts of Prince Albert, Kelvington, Henribourg and St. Walburg were direct targets of the CNR's settlement and branch line expansion.

The department was overseen by a director in Montreal, Quebec. Departmental personnel were located in the United Kingdom, Poland, the Ukraine and Germany, countries from which the company was particularly interested in attracting immigrants. The head office of the department's operations in western Canada was located in Winnipeg, Manitoba with district offices located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and Edmonton, Alberta. The department's western Canadian field agents researched settlement possibilities, met immigrants, assisted them in getting located and finding employment on farms and offered advice and training on Canadian farming methods.

The department continued its settlement work until ceasing operations in 1963.

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