April 21 – Canadian Captain Roy Brown (209 Squadron, RAF) supposedly shoots down the famed Red Baron. More accepted theories credit either Sergeant Cedric Popkin (Australian 24th Machine Gun Company), Gunner Snowy Evans or Gunner Robert Buie (both of 53rd Battery, 14th Field Artillery Brigade, RAA) with the kill.
May 24 – Canadian women (except status Indians) obtain the right to vote in federal elections (even if they did not yet have the right to vote in provincial elections); some limited women's suffrage had been granted the year earlier. Status Indians gained federal suffrage in 1960.[2]
October 10 – Two squadrons of the Canadian Light Horse charge the enemy at Iwuy, northeast of Cambrai. This was the last combat charge in the history of Canadian cavalry.
November 11 – The Armistice goes into effect, ending combat on the Western Front. Over 600 000 Canadians fought in Europe: 70 000 were killed and 173 000 were wounded.
December 4 – The lead elements of the Canadian Corps enter Germany.[3]
December 13 – The Canadian Corps parades across bridges over the Rhine, the 1st Division at South Bridge (Cologne) and the 2nd Division at Bonn.[4] The Canadians participate in the Occupation of the Rhineland until gradually withdrawn starting in January 1919.
Canada demands and receives – over the initial opposition of Britain, France and the USA – the right to participate in the Versailles Peace Conference and in the League of Nations.
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