The article presents a logical continuation of the work devoted to the study of the process of mobilization of the first Canadian volunteer contingent for participation in the First World War. The officers and manpower of the 1 Canadian division by their origin, social and professional status, as well as the medical criteria are under consideration in the article.

The article deals with the process of mobilization of the first Canadian volunteer contingent for participation in the First World War. The presentation of events is limited to the period from August, 4 to August, 23, 1914, i.e. from the moment of Canada’s accession to the British Declaration of War until the departure of the first Canadian division to the military training camp in the vicinity of Quebec for military training.