Subsequently, the major units, the gaps in their ranks filled in part at least by low-point men from their home regions, returned home as units, and the cities and towns of Canada saw the regiments that had borne their names with honour on so many battlefields marching through their streets once more.
Au cours du mois de juin 1945, plus de 17,000 militaires revinrent au pays; ce nombre s’éleva à plus de 26,000 le mois suivant.