Munitions Production at Defence Industries Limited Factories National Historic Event
Ajax, Ontario
Male, female workers leaving Cherrier plant 1944
© Harry Rowed / Office national du film du Canada. Photothèque / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada
Address :
Ajax, Ontario
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
2024-08-13
Dates:
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1939 to 1945
(Significant)
Other Name(s):
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Munitions Production at Defence Industries Limited Factories
(Designation Name)
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Defence Industries Limited (DIL)
(Other Name)
Research Report Number:
2017-23, 2017-23-A, 2023-38, 2023-38-A, 2023-38-B
Importance:
Production of a massive arsenal of ammunition and its components, a major contribution to Canada’s war effort in the Second World War and in Allied victory, but also leading to long-term environmental contamination at many sites