Appendix B: Canadian Army General Service Enlistments
1 September 1939–31 August 1945
Months | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
January | – | 6,412 | 5,863 | 11,026 | 12,310 | 4,482 | 9,936 |
February | – | 3,810 | 6,318 | 8,801 | 9,488 | 3,689 | 9,667 |
March | – | 4,924 | 4,890 | 8,897 | 8,347 | 3,490 | 9,738 |
April | – | 4,475 | 6,102 | 11,714 | 6,890 | 5,896 | 7,502 |
May | – | 6,909 | 8,008 | 12,576 | 6,790 | 4,905 | 2,954 |
June | – | 29,319 | 14,216 | 11,579 | 5,564 | 9,748 | 1,200 |
July | – | 29,171 | 11,902 | 13,574 | 4,969 | 5,938 | 1,066 |
August | – | 15,934 | 5,505 | 14,768 | 5,227 | 7,132 | 482 |
September | 54,844 | 9,677 | 8,848 | 10,783 | 5,390 | 6,304 | – |
October | 4,376 | 4,966 | 6,867 | 10,022 | 4,787 | 5,795 | – |
November | 3,633 | 3,202 | 7,723 | 10,874 | 4,496 | 10,514 | – |
December | 2,049 | 3,024 | 7,287 | 5,824 | 2,810 | 6,749 | – |
Total | 64,902 | 121,823 | 93,529 | 130,438 | 77,068 | 84,642 | 42,545 |
Grand Total – 1939–1945 | 604,947 |
Includes personnel enrolled under the National Resources Mobilization Act who volunteered for General Service (from March 1941) and C.W.A.C. enlistments (from September 1941). Does not include other appointments.
(Compiled from information supplied by Director, War Service Records, D.V.A., November 1951.)