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SS Canada was uilt by Harland & Wolff Ltd., Belfast.
She had twin screws - the first twin screw steamship built for the Canadian service.
Capacity: 9,472 tons
Dimensions: 500' x 58' (514' o.l.).
She was launched in 1896
She took her maiden voyage on 1 October 1896, Liverpool-Québec-Montréal.

From 1899 to 1902, during the Boer War, she served as a troop transport, but otherwise she served Canada during the summers and Boston in winter.

In August 1914, while in Canada, she was taken over and used to transport troops to England.
Upon her arrival, she was used as an accommodation ship for German prisoners for the rest of the year.

From 1915 until the end of World War I, she was used as a transport ship.

In November 1918, she set out on her first voyage after the war, from Liverpool to Portland, Maine.
She remained in service until August 1926, when she made her final voyage on the same route as her maiden voyage.

She was scrapped in Italy.

SS Canada was part of the White Star-Dominion Line.
The "White Star-Dominion Line" did not actually exist, but was the title given to the passenger service operated jointly by the White Star Line and the Dominion Line, both part of J.P. Morgan's International Mercantile Marine.
The service operated from 1908 until 1926.
The Dominion Line effectively ceased to exist in 1921, when ownership of all of its ships was transferred to IMM's Leyland Line.