Parade of Women Munition Workers - Vancouver, BC

Parade of Women Munition Workers, Vancouver Engineering Works Ltd., Vancouver, B.C.
Library and Archives Canada
Online MIKAN no. 3371151

The Imperial Munitions Board, Canada's largest civilian employer, was a major manufacturer of ships, aircraft, and almost a third of the shells used by the British Forces. At the height of production, it employed 289,000 people, including 15,000 women.