Vimy Ridge National Historic Site

Vimy Ridge was designated a national historic site of Canada because:

• Canada's accomplishments, and sacrifice in the First World War are of major national significance;
• the First World War itself was a landmark in the development of Canada as a nation;
• Vimy Ridge is the site of a great Canadian victory in the First World War;
• Vimy memorializes Canadians lost in the First World War who have no known grave.