Casualties and Medical Care Facilities in Canada, 1914-1919


Units

Area units:
Provinces and Commissions of Government (Newfoundland), are shown.

Data units:
Pie graphs are shown, and represent the fatalities and survivors of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Overseas by province and Commission of Government (Newfoundland). They are sized according to the number of soldiers.
Squares are shown for cities and towns housing a medical-care facility, and are coloured according to the type of medical-care facility as well as sized according to the number of beds.


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Legend Description

Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) Overseas by Province
Pie graphs are shown, and represent the fatalities and survivors of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Overseas by province and Commission of Government (Newfoundland). They are sized according to the number of soldiers.

Medical-care facilities
Squares are shown for cities and towns housing a medical-care facility, and are coloured according to the type of medical-care facility as well as sized according to the number of beds.


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Layers

Clicking on CEF FATALITIES makes the pie graphs representing soldiers in the CEF Overseas by province visible, as well as making it the active layer (see Active Layers below).
Clicking on MEDICAL FACILITIES BY TOWN makes the black dots representing the cities and towns housing medical-care facilities the active layer (see Active Layers below). It does not control the coloured squares representing the type of facility and the number of beds (see MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES below).
Clicking on the individual layers within the MEDICAL-CARE FACILITIES folder makes visible the coloured squares representing that type of facility. The label button beside the individual layer names () will turn on and off the city and town name labels.

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Active Tools

When clicked, CEF FATALITIES is the active layer. Use the tools below to get data about the pie graphs in this layer.
Identify: Click on the Identify tool, then click on the map on one of the provinces or Commission of Government, to pop up a box showing the total number of soldiers serving in the CEF Overseas.
Table: Click on the Table tool, then click or drag a rectangle on the map across one or more province(s)/Commission(s) of Government, to pop up a table showing information about the selected provinces/Commissions of Government. See Table Fields below.
When clicked, MEDICAL FACILITIES BY TOWN is the active layer. Use the tools below to get data about the cities/towns in this layer.
Identify: Click on the Identify tool, then click on the map on one of the cities/towns, to pop up a box showing the name of the city/town.
Table: Click on the Table tool, then click or drag a rectangle on the map across one or more cit(ies)/town(s), to pop up a table showing information about the selected cit(ies)/town(s). See Table Fields below.

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Table Fields - CEF FATALITIES

PROVINCE/NFLD Province of residence of CEF soldiers. Newfoundland was not a province at this time, but instead a Commission of Government of Great Britain.
CEF SURVIVORS Number of deaths of members of CEF overseas from that province.
CEF FATALITIES Number of surviving members of CEF overseas from that province.
CEF TOTAL Total members of CEF overseas from that province.


Table Fields - MEDICAL FACILITIES BY TOWN

CITY OR TOWN City or town where medical facilities were located
PROVINCE Province
MILITARY (non-MHC) Number of beds available in Military hospitals (excluding MHC; generally non-battle casualties)
CIVIL (MHC) Number of beds available in Civil hospitals (leased for use by MHC)
MHC CONVALESCENT Number of beds available in MHC Convalescent hospitals
MHC SANATORIUM Number of beds available in MHC Sanatoria
MHC INSANE Yes/No whether an MHC facility for the insane existed in this location

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