What did Canada provide at the start of World War I?

• A. A standing army of 50,000 and 100,000 troops
• B. 3,000 standing army; 25,000 troops sent to Britain
• C. 10,000 standing army; 50,000 troops
• D. 30,000 standing army; 200,000 troops

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is how Canada contributed to the war effort right at the start. Canada entered WWI with a very small permanent or standing army—about 3,000 men. To support Britain quickly, it mobilized through volunteers and sent an initial force of roughly 25,000 troops to Britain for training and to form the core of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This pattern—tiny regular forces combined with a larger volunteer contingent going to Britain first—fits the historical record of Canada’s early mobilization. The other options imply much larger standing forces or different initial totals that don’t match what Canada actually did at the outset.