Almost 3,000 tonnes of explosive materials were set off in the blast. Canadian women win right to vote in federal elections. At 11 a.m., armistice takes effect, four years after First World War began. Canada has lost 60,000 troops over course of the war. Former prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier dies.
General strike begins in Winnipeg in support of striking workers in building and metal trades.
Eight leaders of Winnipeg general strike are arrested, along with four Europeans whose arrest lends credence to suggestions strike is a conspiracy to bring Bolshevik-style revolution to Canada. Police move in to break up peaceful parade of strikers in Winnipeg. Two men are killed. Winnipeg general strike is over, six weeks after it began. Seven months after armistice was declared, Treaty of Versailles formally ends First World War.