Question: How many Canadians lost their lives in the deadliest conflict in history in absolute terms of total casualties?

<P0-S0> In armed conflicts, the civilian casualty ratio (also civilian death ratio, civilian-combatant ratio, etc.) is the ratio of civilian casualties to combatant casualties, or total casualties. <P0-S1>  The measurement can apply either to casualties inflicted by or to a particular belligerent, casualties inflicted in one aspect or arena of a conflict or to casualties in the conflict as a whole. <P0-S2>  Casualties usually refer to both dead and injured. <P0-S3>  In some calculations, deaths resulting from famine and epidemics are included. <SEP> <P1-S0>  While the Canadian Armed Forces were eventually active in nearly every theatre of war, most combat was centred in Italy, Northwestern Europe, and the North Atlantic. <P1-S1> The military history of Canada during the Second World War begins with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939. <P1-S2>  Over the course of the war, more than 1.1 million Canadians served in the Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, and in forces across the Commonwealth. <P1-S3>  More than 44,000 lost their lives and 54,000 were wounded. <P1-S4>  The financial cost was $21.8 billion between 1939 and 1950. <P1-S5>  By the end of the war Canada had the world's fourth largest air force, and fifth largest navy. <P1-S6>  The Canadian Merchant Navy completed over 25,000 voyages across the Atlantic, 130,000 Allied pilots were trained in Canada in the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. <P1-S7>  On D-Day, 6 June 1944 the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division landed on "Juno" beach in Normandy, in conjunction with allied forces. <P1-S8>  The Second World War had significant cultural, political and economic effects on Canada, including the conscription crisis in 1944 which affected unity between francophones and anglophones. <P1-S9>  The war effort strengthened the Canadian economy and furthered Canada's global position. <SEP> <P2-S0>  Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). <P2-S1>  The tables below give a detailed country-by-country count of human losses. <P2-S2>  World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total deaths ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million. <P2-S3>  The higher figure of over 80 million includes deaths from war-related disease and famine. <P2-S4>  Civilians killed totalled 50 to 55 million, including 19 to 28 million from war-related disease and famine. <P2-S5>  Military deaths from all causes totalled 21 to 25 million, including deaths in captivity of about 5 million prisoners of war. <P2-S6> World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history in absolute terms of total casualties. <SEP> <P3-S0> Parliamentary elections were held in the Grand Duchy of Finland on 1 and 2 October 1917. <P3-S1>  The general voter turnout was higher than in previous elections. <P3-S2>  The Social Democrats lost the absolute majority that they had had in the previous two elections (although they, like the other parties, had increased their number of votes in absolute terms). <P3-S3>  In other words, the "bourgeois" (non-socialist) parties taken together now had more than half the seats.