Montreal Standard Publishing's :

"Canada's Aid to the Alllies"

“Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial” (ed. Frederic Yorston, Montreal Standard Publishing Company) is a 152 page post-WWI publication focusing on what the various provinces, people, and companies had done to help the Allied cause during World War I. Published in Montreal shortly after the end of World War I in a large magazine-style format(19.5" x 23.5"), the majority of ads are for companies in the Montreal area with a sprinkling of major industries from coast to coast.

The Quebec Family History Society (QFHS) has in their possession a somewhat damaged copy of this amazingly valuable document. It had been unidentified, rolled up in a cabinet. The binding is broken in places and pages are ripped and fragile. Kindly, the QFHS has given me permission to use the document.

The actual document "Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial" has no page numbers. Some of the two-page spreads are intended to be removed and displayed as posters. The loose sections and pages in the possession the QFHS have been arranged following the order of pages in the copy held by Library and Archives Canada. For the sake of clarity and organization, I have assigned a number to each page.

Contents of "Canada's Aid to the Allies"

1. Full-page image: Their Majesties King George V and Queen Mary – 25th Anniversary
2. Text:  Foreword by the Editor
3. Full-page image:  Her majesty the Queen and our V.A.D. Princess
4. Full page:  Bank of Montreal Roll of Honor - fine print
5. Full-page image: H.R.H. Edward, Prince of Wales, Heir Apparent
6. Full page: Maple Leaf Milling Company H.O. Toronto
7. Full-page image: His Excellency, The Duke of Devonshire, K.G. Governor General of Canada
8. Full page: Roll of Honor – Ogilvie Flour Mills – H.O. Montreal
9. Full-page image: H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, K.G. – G.G. of Canada at outbreak of war ©Notman and Son
10. Full-page image: Battle of Cambrai – Germans captured
11. Full-page image: Praising God for the Victory – Canadians in Cambrai Cathedral
12. Full page: Honor Roll – W.R. Brock Co. Ltd. Toronto, Calgary, Montreal
13. Full-page image: The Right Hon. Sir Robert Laird Borden, Prime Minister
14. Across pages 14 and 15 - Inset: Sam Hughes
    Image: Sailing of the 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force
15. Artillery 1st Canadian Expeditionary Force at Valcartier
    Infantry of 1st C.E.F. at Valcartier
16. Full page: Individual portraits with index – Canada’s Unionist Win the War Cabinet
17. Full page: Roll of Honour – Royal Bank of Canada (fine print)
18. Dominion Shipbuilding Co. of Toronto
    Victory Flour (made by Dominion Flour Mills, Montreal)
19. 7 ads – 1 honor roll
    Ad: Montreal Light, Heat and Power Cons.
    Ad: Century Coal and Coke Company – Montreal
    Ad: The Canadian Drawn Steel Co. – Hamilton
    Roll of Honor – The Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. (Includes Mtl.)
    Ad: Boulter, Waugh Ltd – Wholesale Furriers and Hatters (Mtl, Wpg)
    Ad: Perron, Taschereau, Rinfret, Vallée and Genest – Barristers and Soliciters, Montreal
Ad: Foster, Mann, Place, Mackinnon, Hackett and Mulvena, Advocates and Barristers, Montreal
Ad: H.M. Connelly and Co. – Stocks and Bonds, Montreal

20. Full page: Roll of Honor – Lake of the Woods Milling Co.
21. Full page: Major General, the Hon. S.C. Mewburn
22. Across pages 22 and 23: Rockcliffe Camp, Ottawa, Gymnastic and Police Schools
23. Rockcliffe Camp, Ottawa, Gymnastic and Police Schools
24. How Canada went into the war by Robert Borden
    Ontario War Activities, Premier of Ontario
    Sailing of the Canadian Armada
25. Full-page image: General Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France
26. Across pages 26 and 27: 1st depot Battalion, Nova Scotia, Aldershot Camp
27. 1st depot Battalion, Nova Scotia, Aldershot Camp
28. Vimy Ridge, 4 photos and text
    Roll of Honor – Alaska Bedding Company Limited
    What P.E.I. Has done to help win the war.
29. Full-page Image: Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig
30. Image: 1st CEF on Salisbury Plains
    Image: 1st CEF at Valcartier
    Image: Review of Can. Troops on Salisbury Plains
31. Image: Win the War Premiers, group photo
    Image: Opening Parliament
    Image: Scene in the House of Commons
32. Ad/Roll of Honor: Mappin and Webb
    Roll of Honor: Canadian Tube and Iron Co.
    Text: Christ’s Gray General (Foch)
    Roll of Honor: Almy’s Ltd.
33. Full-page image: Lieut.-General Sir Arthur Currie, K.C.B., KCMG
34. Across pages 34 and 35: Top - Famous 22nd Battalion leaving St. Johns, Que., for the Front
    
35. Bottom - The 233rd Battalion (Edmonton, Alberta) 1916
36. McIntyre Son & Co. Ltd - Honor Roll
Bell Telephone Co. - The telephone and the war
Breithaupt Leather Co. - Honor Roll Separate

37. Full-page image: The Right Hon. David Lloyd George, P.M. (ripped)
38. Across pages 38 and 39 Polish Army Camp at Niagara on the Lake
39. Polish Army Camp at Niagara on the Lake
40. Full page: Roll of Honor - Dominion Textile Co., Montreal
41. Full-page image: Joffre, Marechal de France
42. Across pages 42 and 43: 1st Depot Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment, Sussex Camp
43. 1st Depot Battalion, New Brunswick Regiment, Sussex Camp
44. Roll of Honor – Fairweathers Ltd - Montreal
    Roll of Honor – Whitman and Barnes Manufacturing - St. Catherines, Ontario
    Roll of Honor – John M. Garland, Son and Co. - Ottawa
    Builders of Canada - Sir Donald D. Mann
    Ad: B and S.H. Thompson and Co., Montreal
45. Full-page image: Albert, King of the Belgians
46. Across pages 46 and 47: 4th year of the war, Camp Niagara, Ontario
47. 4th year of the war, Camp Niagara, Ontario
48. Full page: Honor Roll – Canadian Steamship Lines Limited
49. Roll of Honor – The Steel Co. of Canada Ltd.
50. James Richardson and Sons - Grain Merchants
51. Roll of Honor – F.B. McCurdy and Co. - Montreal
    Roll of Honor – Acme Glove Works Ltd. - Montreal
    Auburn Woolen Co. - Peterborough, Ontario
52. The Story of the “Geraldine Wolvin”
53. Full page – Wood, Alexander and James, Wholesale Hardware Merchants - Hamilton, Ontario - Roll of Honor
54. Ad: Jeffrey Elevators and Conveyors – Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. - Montreal
    The Jaeger Company – includes Montreal and H.O.
55. 6 portraits of Officials and Directors of Canadian Steamship Lines
    Ad: J.W. Cumming and Son Ltd. - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
    Ad: J.M. Ferguson, Barrister and Solicitor, Montreal
    Ad: The A.M. Ellicott Co. , Montreal
    Ad: The National Acme Co, Montreal
56. Full page: W.H. Banfield and Sons Ltd, Toronto - includes Roll of Honor
57. Full- page image: Ypres Day Celebration, M.A.A.A. Grounds - Montreal
58. Across pages 58 and 59: Western Ontario Regiment, Carling Heights, London, Ontario
59. Western Ontario Regiment, Carling Heights, London, Ontario
60. Mr. J. Léon Patenaude
    Victoria Monument, Montreal
    Ad: Meredith, Holden, Hague, Shaughnessy and Heward – Barristers and Solicitors
    Ad: Campbell, McMaster and Papineau – Advocates, Montreal
    Roll of Honor – Grant, Holden, Graham Ltd. - Ottawa
61. Roll of Honor – Merchant’s Bank of Canada
    Roll of Honor – Munitions and Metal Products Ltd.
    Text re J.C. Lamothe, Esq., K.C.
    Roll of Honor – Lieut. Louis Daoust
62. Canadian War Industries 1914-18 - Cluff Ammunition
63. Canadian Peace Industries 1909-18 - Canadian Pipe and Steel, Cluff Brothers
64. The Collingwood Shipbuilding Co – Collingwood, Ont
    Roll of Honor – Thos. Birkett and Son Co., Ottawa
    Roll of Honor – Royal Trust Co.
    Ad: Oswald Bros. Stocks, bonds, etc, Montreal
    Ad: Elias Rogers Co. – Rogers Coal, Toronto
65. Portrait: Sir John W. Carson
    Portrait: Lieut.-Col. Clarence F. Smith – Can. Patriotic Fund, Mtl.
    Portrait: Captain Frank Ross Newman
    Portrait: Lieut. Henry Newman
    Text: The Empire Gave 658,665 lives for Freedom
    Text: General Currie’s Address to Canadians
    Image: Peter Berkovitch, K.C., M.P.P.
66. Across pages 66 and 67:
    Image: Niagara Falls
67. Image: A Wheatfield in the Canadian West
68. Roll of Honor – Dominion Glass Co, includes Montreal
    Ad: McCutcheon Waist Co. – Montreal
    Builders of Canada – Lieut.-Col. W.S. Dinnick - Toronto
69. Image: Review of Overseas Troops – Champ de Mars, Montreal
70. Across pages 70 and 71:1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, Regina
71. 1st Depot Battalion, Saskatchewan Regiment, Regina
72. What B.C. has done towards War
    58,000 Volunteers from Manitoba
    Home of Mutual Life, Canada, Waterloo, Ontario
    Cost of the Canadian Army
73. Full page: New Brunswick – The Garden Province of Canada
74. Full page: New Brunswick
75. Full page: New Brunswick
76. Roll of Honor and ad. – Montreal Trust Co
    Hudon Hébert and Co., Montreal
    Ad. – Standard Chemical, Iron and Lumber Co. includes Montreal
    Ad. – Canadian Brakeshoe Co., Sherbrooke, Quebec
77. Roll of Honor – The Hydraulic Machinery Co., Montreal
    Ad. John T. Hepburn Ltd. Toronto
    Ad./Roll of Honor - The Hall Engineering Works, Montreal
    Text: A Successful Independent Fire Insurance Co.
    Ad. – The Mason Regulator and Engineering Co, Montreal
    The Parmenter and Bulloch Co, Gananoque, ON
78. Across pages 78 and 79:
    55th New Brunswick Battalion
    No. 4 Overseas Siege Battery, New Brunswick
    
79. Ad. Dominion Forge and Stamping Co, Walkerville, ON
    Ad. Scottish Canadian Magnesite Co., Montreal
    Jacobs Asbestos Mining Co. of Thetford
    Ad. The Windsor Hotel
80. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Toronto
    Lt.-Col John McCrae and Flanders Fields
    Ad. Geo. F. Foss Machinery and Supply Co., Montreal (includes Honor Roll)
    S. Gerald Tritt – Advocate, Montreal
81. Full page: Misc. photos – 20,000 Can. Boy Scouts kept the home fires burning
82. Across pages 82 and 83:
    4th year of the war – Hastings Park Camp, Vancouver
83. 4th year of the war – Hastings Park Camp, Vancouver
84. Roll of Honor – The Maritime Nail Co., St. John, New Brunswick
    Ad. Adam Hall Ltd. Ranges, Peterborough
    Ad. – Atlas Construction Co, Reinforced Concrete Ship, Montreal
    Roll of Honor - Kaufman Rubber Co.
    Roll of Honor - Dent Harrison, Montreal
85. Full-page Image: Planting the Crusaders’ Flag over Jerusalem
86. Across pages 86 and 87:
    4th year of the war – Great Aviation Camp, Camp Borden
87. 4th year of the war – Great Aviation Camp, Camp Borden
88. Image: War Council of the British Empire
    Roll of Honor - William Kennedy and Sons, Owen Sound
    Hon. N. Curry – Head of Canadian Industrial Enterprises
    The Canadian Casing Co., includes Montreal
89. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, Montreal
    Perrin Freres and Co., Montreal (Perrin Gloves)
90. Ad. John Palmer and Co., Fredericton, NB, (Moosehead Footwear)
    John Palmer Co. done its bit in the War
    The Canadian Siegwart Beam Co, Montreal
    Government bonds, St-Cyr, Gonthier and Frigon, Montreal
91. Ad.: Robinson’s Clothes Shops
    Knight Metal Products Ltd. Toronto
92. Full page: Roll of Honor - Bank of Hamilton
93. Full page: Newfoundland
94. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities (image: rwy depot at St. John’s)
95. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities
96. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities (image: Snook’s Arm)
97. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities
98. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities (image: Nfld dog)
99. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities
100. Newfoundland – The country of supreme opportunities (image: Petty Cascade)
101. Full page: Patriotic towns in Nova Scotia that helped to win the war
102. Across pages 102 and 103:
     85th Battalion CEF Nova Scotia Highlanders
     Return home of Fighting Boys
     The Maritime Bridge Co, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
     Photo/Text: Gen. Sir Alex Bertram
     
103. 85th Battalion CEF Nova Scotia Highlanders
     The Late Hon. Alphonse Racine
     Home again after defeating the Huns
     Ad. The Canadian Detective Bureau, Montreal
104. Roll of Honor – T. McAvity and Sons, St. John, New Brunswick
     W.A. Baker, C.R. Montreal
     A.F. Byers and Co., Montreal, Bancroft School Building
     Roll of Honor – Geo. W. Reed and Co. Montreal
     National Paper Co. Ltd, Valleyfield, QC
     Dominion Oil Cloth Co. Ltd., Montreal
     Freeman’s Hotel, Montreal
     Anglins Ltd. Contracting Engineers, Montreal
105. Full page: Investigate Nova Scotia
106. Full page: Roll of Honor – Woods Manufacturing Co. Ltd. , Montreal
107. Image: Clarence I. de Sola, Belgian Consul, Montreal
     Dominion Brass and Iron Bedstead Co, Montreal
     The Robt Mitchell Co. Lighting and Fixtures
     Wentzell’s Ltd – Army and Navy Contractors, Halifax, NS
     Roll of Honor – D. K. McLaren (includes Montreal)
108. Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co., New Glasgow, NS Sales Office, Montreal
     Eastern Car Co., New Glasgow, NS.
109. Full page: Prince Edward Island
110. The City of Dundas, ON, a busy manufacturing Centre
111. The City of Dundas, ON, a busy manufacturing Centre
112. Image: W.E. Foster, Premier of New Brunswick
     Image: W.E. Burke, Canada Steamship lines, Montreal
     Text: Canadians have gift of originality in war (text)
     Image: Bank of Hamilton Building, Hamilton, ON
     Showing work of Maritime Bridge Co. St. John, New Brunswick
     Montreal City and District Savings Bank
     2 views of residence of Clarence I. de Sola
     Text: Christmas Day on Vimy Ridge
113. Full-page Ad.: Furness, Withy and Co., Steamship Owners and Agents, Montreal, Halifax, New York
114. Image: G.W. Murray, Premier of Nova Scotia
     Canada Tool and Specialty Co., New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
     Images: Kenneth M. and John G. Kent
     William H. Banfield, Banfield and Sons, Toronto
     Image and Text: James Thomas Cumming of J.W. Cumming and Sons, New Glasgow, NS
     F.A. Skelton, Canada Car and Foundry Co.
     Mackinnon Steel Co, Sherbrooke, QC
     Text: Nova Scotia Steel and Coal Co. and their war work
115. Full page: Ad. Canadian Government Railways
116. Image: Bank of Hamilton Building, Winnipeg
     Ad.: A.B. See Electric Elevators, Montreal
     Image: Bank of Hamilton Building, Toronto
     Ad. Standard Clay Products Co, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
     Ad. R.J. Inglis Ltd – Riding Attire, Montreal and Winnipeg
     Canadian Pneumatic Tool Co., Montreal and Toronto
     Bottom Notice: The Standard’s “Canada’s Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial” also by cooperation of Federated Press Ltd., Montreal.
117. Image: King reviews Canadian Riders
     Image: Canadian Gunners on the Western Front
     Image: 1st landing of Canadian Troops in France
118. Across pages 118 and 119:
     4th year of the war: Engineers Depot “St. John’s”, Quebec
119. 4th year of the war: Engineers Depot “St. John’s”, Quebec
120. The Story of Canada’s Contribution to the Allies
     What Quebec has done for the Allies
     Quebec Troops at Denain
121. Images: Win the War Cabinet of Quebec, 10 portraits
122. Across pages 122 and 123:
     Image: Marshall Joffre’s Reception in Montreal
123. Image: Panoramic view of Montreal Harbour
     Image: The Great Quebec Bridge
124. Full page: Quebec and the War
125. Full-page Ad: Canadian Pacific Hotels
126. Across pages 126 and 127:
     Work of Canada Food Board
127. Work of Canada Food Board
128. Roll of Honor – St. Lawrence Flour Mills (Montreal)
     Roll of Honor - James A. Ogilvy and Sons, Limited (Montreal)
     Roll of Honor - Renfrew Knitting Co., Limited (Renfrew, Ontario)
     Image: Corporal Wilfred Dawson
     Image: Paul H. Brault
     Image: Lieut. Leslie H. Millar
     Ad: T.B. Little and Co., (Montreal) All Lines of Paper
129. Image: Lake Louise, AB (ripped, part missing)
     Image: Mount Kitcelas, BC
130. Across pages 130 and 131:
     AB Military Units trained at Sarcee Camp – 1st Depot Battalion, AB regiment
131. AB Military Units trained at Sarcee Camp – 1st Depot Battalion, AB regiment
132. Roll of Honor – Birks, Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Vancouver
     What AB is doing for returned soldiers
     Roll of Honor – Greenshields Ltd, Wholesale Dry goods, Mtl
133. Full-page Ad.: Sightseeing in Canada, Grand Trunk System
134. Across pages 134 and 135:
135. Image: Ambulance Corps at Valcartier, 1915
     Image: Canadian Scottish at Valcartier, 1915
     Image: 216th Overseas Battalion, Bantams, Davenport Barracks, Toronto
136. Roll of Honor – Lyman Tube and Supply Co.
     Text: Predictions and their fulfillment
     Image and text - Howard G. Kelley
     Roll of Honor – L.E. Waterman Co., Montreal
     Roll of Honor – Union Drawn Steel Co., Hamilton
     Ad. – Grand Union Hotel, Montreal
     Ad. – Joliette Steel Co, Montreal
     Ad. - Stinson REEB Builders’ Supply Co. Montreal
137. Full-page Image: The British Empire’s Champion Aviator – W.A. Bishop
138. Across pages 138 and 139:
139. Image: 42nd Highlanders, Champ de Mars, Montreal
     Image: 73rd Highlanders, Champ de Mars, Montreal
140. Ad. – Canadian Bridge Co, Walkerville, Ontario
     Image: Mr. E.W. Beatty – President of the CPR
     Text: Chicoutimi Pulp Co
     Roll of Honor – Matthews, Blackwell Ltd.
     Text: Story of the Empire Coal Co.
141. Images: 9 Portraits of the Win the War Cabinet
142. Full page: Ontario – the Banner Province of the Dominion
143. Efforts of the Ontario Department of Agriculture (In a Spirit of Service)
144. Full page: text – Technical and Industrial Education in Ontario
145. Full page: text – Ontario Industry
146. Across pages 146 and 147:
     1st Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment, London, Ontario
147. 1st Battalion, Canadian Garrison Regiment, London, Ontario
148. Ontario – the land of unlimited opportunity
149. Roll of Honor – Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co., Port Arthur, ON
     Roll of Honor – American Bank Note Co, Ottawa, Ontario
     Montreal Coal and Dock Co.
150. Across pages 146 and 147:
151. Petewawa (sic)– Training ground o f Canada’s artillery
152. Roll of Honor – McDougall and Cowans, Montreal
     Roll of Honor – McAuliffe Davis Lumber, Ottawa
     Roll of Honor – Canadian Bronze Powder Works, Montreal
     Roll of Honor – A.C. Leslie and Co., Montreal
     Roll of Honor – Dobell, Beckett and Co, Quebec City
     Ad. – Major Manufacturing Co, Montreal
     Text: These nations won – These nations lost
     Roll of Honor – Colonial Hide Co, Montreal
     Canada in Hunland
153. Roll of Honor – Imperial Tobacco Company of Canada Limited (Colour)
154. (Back cover)
     By the Montreal Standard Publishing Company, Limited, Montreal, Frederic
     Yorston, President and Managing Editor; A. Paterson, Secretary-Treasurer.