Monday Monuments and Memorials – Canadian Pacific Railway Memorial Tablet, Toronto

Canadian Pacific Railway tablet, Union Station, Toronto

It’s Labour Day in Canada and the US … a day to celebrate workers. Like other groups in society, many companies saw fit to memorialize their employees who had served in the war.

Toronto’s Union Station, at 65 Front St W between Bay and York, is the busiest passenger transportation facility in Canada. How many of the 200,000-300,000 daily travellers passing through stop to take in the memorial to Canadian Pacific Railway workers killed in WW1?

Monday Monuments and Memorials – Canadian Pacific Railway Memorial Tablet, Quebec City, QC

CPR memorial tablet at Gare de Palais, Quebec City

’Tis the season of busy travel. Rushed commuters and travellers passing through Gare du Palais, the train and bus terminal in Quebec City, may miss the tribute to 1,116* transportation workers killed in WW1.

The Canadian Pacific Railway – CPR – put its trains, ships, telegraphs, hotels and other resources to use for the Allied forces in WW1. This included its human resources: 11,340 CPR employees enlisted.