Canadian society makes great strides of progress each decade, but one of the greatest transformations in the nation’s history occurred during the 1920s and 1930s. These decades were rich with cultural growth through innovation and urbanization. The twenties and thirties were a time of immense growth, modernization and industrialization in Canada due to its exciting inventions, developing urbanization and tumultuous economy. The twenties and thirties were a time of electronic innovation that allowed present-day Canadians to have the type of technology that they use on a daily basis. One of the innovations that revolutionized Canada during the twenties was the automobile. Henry Ford completely changed North America’s views on the car and found …show more content…
Canada’s central areas of urbanization during these periods were on roads, cities and suburbs. The popularity of cars in this time period made it imperative for roads to be maintained and for highways to be created for long-distance travel (Gilchrist). Roads were now made from tar instead of stone or dirt, and highways stretched across far distances for optimal travel (Gilchrist). Roads now allowed Canadians to have access to areas that they had never been to before and to experience new things. The roads built in that time period have deteriorated and have been repaired with more modern technology over the ages, but the paths that they created are still traveled on (Baldwin… the 1930s 19). These original routes have been built upon and more roads have been created around them with the roads from the 1920s acting as guidelines to how we drive and create roads today (Gilchrist). This new ability to travel inspired many Canadians, especially those from rural areas, to move to different regions throughout the nation. The development of cities with skyscrapers, hospitals and markets invited many Canadians to move away from their countryside hometowns (Cruxton, Wilson 166). This caused the population in cities to grow exponentially and resulted in the population of rural areas decreasing dramatically (Baldwin… …show more content…
Aside from urbanization, Canada’s natural resources were in high international demand, allowing that industry to grow immensely. Ores and pulp were extremely valuable during the twenties, which caused Canada to gain a great profit from selling a variety of its natural materials to other countries. The popularity of the newspaper required more lumber to be sold, of which Canada had a lot to offer (Baldwin… the 1920s 18). This high demand caused the international trade rate of pulp to rise from $21 per ton in 1914 to $93 in 1920 and was a strong boost to Canada’s natural resources industries (Walters). The other main materials that Canada sold were metals used for manufacturing such as gold, copper, zinc, lead, silver and others that were in high demand in these decades and were mined in large quantities in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia (Drummond). During these decades Canada created an international reputation as a nation with abundant resources, which it upholds to this day. Although Canada’s raw material industry has changed, it remains one of the most important parts of Canada’s economy since it emerged in the 1920s (Drummond). Aside from having an abundance of natural resources, Canada also became known for its dependence on America’s economy that was originally forged during the 1920s and 1930s. One of the most obvious forms of America’s economic involvement in Canada during these periods
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Canada as a country has changed a lot throughout the years. One of the biggest causes of these changes is WWI. The war caused the Conscription Crisis which had a lot of consequences, Canada's identity was changed forever because of WWI and The Roaring Twenties” did not represent the First Nations, Métis and Inuit experiences after the war. The Canadian Conscription Crisis during WWI had a lot of consequences for the country although Canada didn't have much of a choice.
From 1867 to today, Canada has had twenty-three prime ministers, each of whom helped build and improve Canada. An analysis of former prime ministers William Lyon Mackenzie King, Lester Bowles Pearson, and Pierre Elliott Trudeau of Canada during the WWII, the fifties and sixties, and contemporary Canada, respectively, shows that Canadians should be proud of their nation and the people who led and shaped Canada to what it is today. During WWII, the leader seen as the greatest Canadian prime minister by scholars and academics in Maclean’s surveys guided Canada through the turbulent time. William Lyon Mackenzie King made many accomplishments during his time as the longest-serving prime minister, from 1921-1926, 1926-1930, and 1935-1948, and
The Canadian economic development throughout the 20th century has had an everlasting impact on the economy to this day. The economy in the 20th century paved the way for how strong and secure the nations’ economy is in the present. Before the 20th century, Canada’s economy relied solely on trading. The colonies thrived economically through fur trade, where hunters sold animal furs to large corporations in North America. (http://www.thecanadaguide.com/the-economy) Other than fur, Canadians traded things like lumber, fish, coal, iron, gold, wheat and other grains.
The roaring twenties and the dirty thirties were an extremely versatile period for Canada based on economy. Many turning points during this period helped develop Canada for example the relief camps. When the Great Depression began, many migrant workers lost their jobs and traveled across the country (‘riding the rods’) leaving their family because of the financial stress to find work. Many people viewed these unemployed men as dangerous people to the peace and safety of their communities. Due to this, Prime Minister R.B. Bennett developed a solution.
During the 1920s, there was a lot of change going on in the country. The automobile industry, the airplane industry, newer modern corporations and management styles, and newer machinery all boosted the economy, and electricity was used. Cities grew as new jobs became available. The 20s saw presidents Warren Harding and all his scandals, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. In the 20s, we were boosting from the economy, and making our market global.
Susac 1 The Roaring Twenties were perhaps the most interesting and unique decade of all time. It was a time that brought many changes and technological advances that shaped the Canadian and American nations to be as we now know them. In this period of time, Canada was a mere British colony, where up to this point almost everything Canada did was being regulated and initiated by Britain. On the other side, we have the Americans, who were independent for nearly 150 years. These two countries that were different for so many years get very similar.
Defining Moments in Canada Canada today is very different from the Canada that was first established by the first Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, in 1867. Even after WW1 and WW2, Canada as a country had not yet become what we know it as today. Since the 1950s, Canada’s identity was shaped by defining moments that illustrate growth and change. This can be seen through the following three examples: the baby boom, the 60s Scoop and Omar Khadr. First of all, the baby boom of the 50s shaped Canada’s identity and illustrated growth and change.
There were many significant events of the roaring twenties that greatly affected Canada. Prohibition is the illegal production and consumption of alcohol. Temperance groups (women who were concerned about alcohol problems affecting family and society) put prohibition laws on alcohol. Prohibition was in place in 1917. The positives of prohibition are men brought home paychecks which are not spent on alcohol, less domestic violence and crimes.
Canada has been defined by its contributions at home and abroad in WWI, WWII, and peacekeeping. World War I played an important role in Canada’s history. It shaped Canada by giving women suffrage and by the war creating a greater divide between French and English Canadians. By the end of WWI, the Canadian government
During the 1920’s Canada’s economy prospered, since many countries recovering from the horrors and especially damages of the war, required Canadian products. Canada’s abundance in resources such as pulp, forestry, wheat and mining greatly contributed to Europe’s recovery as well as the Canadian economy. Throughout this decade, many products and resources became more available such as cars due to mass production techniques developed to meet the product demand. For instance, the vehicle ownership rate in Canada increased from 300 000 in 1918 to 1.9 million by 1929.
Every day, states are shaped and reshaped by internal and external forces. These changes amount to both cultural and political changes. Few changes, however, have brought forth the shift we have witnessed, and continue to witness, from urbanization. Urbanization has shifted the balance of political power within Canadian politics even further towards cities, creating an even wider urban-rural divide, while simultaneously connecting rural and urban regions more. This essay will focus on the consequences of this population movement and growth, analyzing how this has effected the allocation of electoral districts, the urban-rural political cleavage, and the urbanization of Indigenous people.
Urbanization may be driven by local or global economic and social changes, and most of the time is the product of industrialization. As urban areas grow the population shifts from rural to urban areas, which is an example of how society adapts to change. The industrial revolution is the best example of this transformation to urban life, people wanted to upgrade their standard of living. This had both good and bad outcomes, the good was that it increased jobs and a bad outcome was that the life for the low class wasn’t that great. Most people were working for long hours for very little money to survive.
As the development of the society and the rise of capitalism, modern cities appeared and urbanization become possible in the United States. Urbanization is “the process through which people migrate from the countryside to urban centers” (Boyle, 311). People move to cities due to various factors, and one of the main reasons is that there are many new opportunities in the urban areas, which attracted people to come. As a result, people could earn money, enjoy better social services, and increase social class at cities. People understood urbanization through urban ecology, which is also an idea from Darwinian “the process through which social groups compete for urban space and shift and sort themselves into different neighborhoods or niches, according
The automobile is one of the most significant inventions of all time. The Industrial Revolution brought forth countless modern inventions; however, the automobile is arguably one of the most beneficial because it considerably enhanced the way that people lived their lives. Before the invention of the automobile, the majority of transportation was done by walking, riding bicycles or riding horses; long distance trips were typically done by riding trains. Traveling from one place to another took a substantial amount of time, and this made people want to find a way to cut back on travel time. There have been an abundance of other inventions that were created in hopes to shorten the transportation time; ultimately, the automobile became the most