Canada’s participation in the British empire’s defense system and colonial conferences (1887-1911)

In the late XIX – early XX centuries British government developed a large-scale policy of imperial defense, a major component of which was the involvement of the white settlers' colonies in a war on the side of the metropolitan country. One of the main goals of this policy was to obtain the military support of Canada in case of war because Canada was the largest and most prosperous dominion of the British empire. This policy was discussed at a planned series of colonial conference held in London in 1887-1911.