* 1917 – World War I: The Battle of Arras – the battle begins with Canadian Corps executing a massive assault on Vimy Ridge.

It is still used in this form by the British Territorial Army, and the Royal Canadian Armour Corps of the Canadian Army.

* Sir Arthur Currie, Lieutenant General, British Army, commanding Canadian Corps

When he was conscripted into the Army, he decided to join the " Canadian Officers ' Training Corps ", and he then served with the other conscripts in Canada, since they were not assigned to any overseas military service until after the Conscription Crisis of 1944 ( after the Invasion of Normandy that June.

In the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Coast Guard, and United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, as well as in all branches of the British Armed Forces, Polish Armed Forces, Canadian Forces, Turkish Armed Forces, Swedish Armed Forces, Norwegian Armed Forces, and Hellenic Armed Forces, Russian and all former Soviet republic forces, hand salutes are only given when a cover ( protection for the head, usually a hat ) is worn.

The operation was composed of elements of the United States 10th Mountain Division, 101st Airborne Division, TF Rakkasan, B Co. 159th Avn Rgt, 75th Ranger Regiment, the US Special Operation Forces groups to include elements of forces from USSOCOM, JSOC and CIA's Special Activities Division, TF 11, TF Bowie, and TF Dagger, British Royal Marines, Canada's 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and Joint Task Force 2, the Afghan National Army, the German KSK, the Turkish Maroon Berets, the Norwegian FSK and Marinejegerkommandoen, and elements of the Australian Special Air Service Regiment, the New Zealand Special Air Service and Danish special forces from Jægerkorpset and the Danish Frogman Corps.

The campaign ended in November when the Canadian Corps captured Passchendaele.

The Battle of Hill 70 was a subsidiary operation of World War I between the Canadian Corps and five divisions of the German Sixth Army.

The British Fifth Army undertook minor operations 20 – 22 October to maintain pressure on the Germans while the Canadian Corps prepared for their assault, as well as supporting the French attack at Malmaison.

The four divisions of the Canadian Corps had been transferred to the Ypres Salient to capture Passchendaele and the ridge.

The Canadian Corps relieved II Anzac Corps on 18 October from their positions along the valley between Gravenstafel Ridge and the heights at Passchendaele.

The Canadian Corps operation was to be executed in a series of three attacks each with limited objectives, delivered at intervals of three or more days.

Terrain through which the Canadian Corps advanced at Passchendaele in late 1917

The 3rd Canadian Division captured Vapour Farm on the Corps boundary, Furst Farm to the west of Meetcheele and the crossroads at Meetcheele but remained short of its objective.

During a seven-day pause, the British Second Army took over a section of the British Fifth Army front adjoining the Canadian Corps.

The Canadian Corps ' participation in the Second Battle of Passchendaele is commemorated with the Passchendaele Memorial located at the former site of the Crest Farm on the southwest fringe of Passchendaele village.

[...] I must not however conceal from Your Excellency, that the Gentry, well disposed, and heartily desirous as they are, to serve the Crown, and to serve it with Zeal, when formed into regular Corps, do not relish commanding a bare Militia, they never were used to that Service under the French Government, ( and perhaps for good Reasons ) besides the sudden Dismission of the Canadian Regiment raised in 1764, without Gratuity or Recompence to Offices, who engaged in our Service almost immediately after the Cession of the Country, of taking any Notice of them since, tho ' they all expected half pay, is still uppermost in their Thoughts, and not likely to encourage their engaging a second Time in the same Way ; as to the Habitants or Peasantry, ever since the Civil Authority has been introduced into the Province, the Government of it has hung so loose, and retained so little Power, they have in a Manner emancipated themselves, and it will require Time, and discreet Management likewise, to recall them to their ancient Habits of Obedience and Discipline ; considering all the new Ideas they have been acquiring for these ten years past, can it be thought they will be pleased at being suddenly, and without Preparation embodied into a Militia, and marched from their Families, Lands, and Habitations to remote Provinces, and all the Horrors of War, which they have already experienced ; It would give appearance of Truth to the Language of our Sons of Sedition, at this very Moment busily employed instilling into their Minds, that the Act was passed merely to serve the present Purposes of Government, and in the full Intention of ruling over them with all the Despotism of their ancient Masters.

The little Force we have in the Province was immediately set in Motion, and ordered to assemble at or near St. John's ; The Noblesse of this Neighbourhood were called upon to collect their Inhabitants, in order to defend themselves, the Savages of those Parts likewise had the same orders ; but tho ' the Gentlemen testified great Zeal, neither their Entreaties or their Example could prevail upon the People ; a few of the Gentry, consisting principally of the Youth, residing in this Place, and its Neighbourhood, formed a small Corps of Volunteers under the Command of Mr. Samuel Mackay, and took Post at St. John's ; the Indians shewed as much Backwardness as the Canadian Peasantry.

Canadian Corps | Canadians entering Mons in 1918 ( source: Archives of Ontario )

The British were forced to retreat and the town was occupied by the Germans, until its liberation by the Canadian Corps during the final days of the war.

The Anzacs were relieved by the Canadian Corps, who would briefly capture Mouquet Farm on 16 September, the day after the next major British offensive.

In 2002, O ' Donohue launched a court action that argued the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the case was dismissed by the court, which found that, as the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not have supremacy over it.

In 1951, Labatt launched its Pilsener Lager ; when it was introduced in Manitoba, the beer was nicknamed " Blue " for the colour of its label and the company's support of Winnipeg's Canadian Football League ( CFL ) franchise, the Blue Bombers.

A Canadian and U. S. led operation ( supported by British and Dutch forces ), Operation Mountain Thrust was launched in May 2006 to counter renewed Taliban insurgency.

* 1962 – Alouette 1, the first Canadian satellite, is launched.

* September 29 – The Canadian Alouette 1, the first satellite built outside the United States and the Soviet Union, is launched from Vandenberg AFB in California.

* November 29 – The Canadian satellite Alouette 2 is launched.

As an example, a German trench raid launched by 79 men against the 3rd Canadian Division on 15 March 1917 was successful in capturing prisoners and causing damage.

The Royal Canadian Mint's $ 20 silver coin, launched on July 18, 2007 has evoked one of the darkest moments in the history of polar exploration and rankled Canada's main Inuit organization.

In 2009, the University of Calgary's Office of the Student Experience ( now the Student Success Centre ) launched their own co-curricular record, the first of its kind in western Canadian universities.

The Canadian music channel MuchMusic was launched in 1984.

* Also in 1966: Canadian charter airline Wardair launched the first of a series of transatlantic charter flights using Boeing 727s from Gatwick to Canada.

2000: the DELMIA brand is launched in order to address the digital manufacturing domain following a series of three acquisitions, including ( i ) Deneb Robotics, a U. S. company specialized in robotic simulation, ( ii ) Safework, a Canadian company specialized in human modeling technology, and ( iii ) EAI-DELTA, a German company specialized in manufacturing process management software.

In August 1978 the Canadian Department of Communications publicly launched it as Telidon, a " second generation " videotex / teletext service, and committed to a four year development plan to encourage rollout.

: Civic-based 1. 7 EL launched, replacing the 1. 6 EL, in the Canadian lineup

During World War II, large numbers of Canadian troops were stationed at Newhaven, and the ill-fated Dieppe Raid in 1942 was largely launched from the harbour.

On November 2, 2009, a Canadian version of Nickelodeon was launched, in partnership between Viacom and Corus Entertainment ( owners of YTV, which has aired Nick shows for several years, and will continue to do so ); as a result, versions of Nickelodeon now exist in most of North America.

On 1 December 2007, Distributed Proofreaders Canada launched to support the production of e-books for Project Gutenberg Canada and take advantage of shorter Canadian copyright terms.

In January 2009, the NFB launched its online Screening Room, NFB. ca, offering Canadian and international web users the ability to stream hundreds of NFB films for free as well as embed links in blogs and social sites.

The association was then officially launched on 1 July 1967, the 100th anniversary of the formation of Canadian Confederation, with Governor General Roland Michener being the first inductee to the order — to the level of Companion — and on 7 July of the same year, 90 more people were appointed, including Vincent Massey, Louis St. Laurent, Hugh MacLennan, David Bauer, Gabrielle Roy, Donald Creighton, Thérèse Casgrain, Wilder Penfield, Arthur Lismer, M. J. Coldwell, Edwin Baker, Alex Colville, and Maurice Richard.

CFNY launched the annual U-Knows awards in 1981, to recognize Canadian musicians.

SIRT was conceived and launched by Sheridan College to operate in connection to the creative industries and three levels of the Canadian government.

He did mission analysis ( planning of launch and orbits ) for the CSS's Canadian Solar Sail project ( now defunct ), and was Software Architect for MOST, a Canadian science microsatellite dedicated to studying variable light from stars and extrasolar planets launched by Eurockot in 2003.