“Everybody from Grandma to the little tot in the schoolroom ...”: The City of Hamilton during World War I
Located at the western end of Lake Ontario, Hamilton’s port and connections to major roads and railway lines from across Canada and the nearby United States provided ideal facilities for wartime production and the transportation of goods and soldiers. At the beginning of World War I, Hamilton’s population was just over 100,000, many of whom were employed in the city’s manufacturing plants, including its steel mills, Stelco and Dofasco, and the newly-opened Procter & Gamble.