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The 1918 "Spanish Flu" was one of the deadliest epidemics in history, killing an estimated 50 to 100 million people globally, or about 5% of the world's population. Nearly 55,000 Canadians died, almost the same number as were killed in the First World War. Schools, shops, and public areas were shuttered, just as they were today.
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Prohibition was first implemented in Canada during World War I. Except for Quebec, which had no ban at all, almost the entire country of Canada was affected. As a result, Quebec, particularly Montreal, became a hub for Rum Runners. During the prohibition, this resulted in a lot of criminality since individuals would go to great lengths to get their hands on this booze. This caused the rich and poor to rub elbows in order to obtain booze.
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The Winnipeg General Walkout was a city-wide strike called by Winnipeg employees who desired improved working hours, compensation, and conditions. -
The group of 7 was an artistic collective that existed from 1920 to 1933. They were a group of painters that specialised in landscape painting. Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Frederick Varley were among the members of the organisation. After that, A. J. -
Residential schools were places where the church would take indigenous children and try to eradicate their culture and way of life. From the early 1920s to the 1990s, they were on the air. The children would be assaulted physically, sexually, and mentally. These schools have had a significant impact on the indigenous population. -
Flappers were dynamic young women who embraced a lifestyle that many at the time considered extravagant, immoral, or plain dangerous. -
The radio was used to disseminate information to a large number of people at once. This dramatically expanded the types of news that individuals could consume and the amount of news they could consume. -
For the first time, Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon, and Charles Best, a medical student, isolated the hormone insulin. This, in turn, saved millions of lives and continues to do so today. -
Talkies are now more often referred to as just movies, but they were first referred to as such in the 1920s because movies at the time did not have sound. -
- Excessive production and expansion
- Canada's reliance on a limited number of primary resources, such as wheat, salmon, minerals, pulp, and paer, among others
- Canada's reliance on imported goods
- International trade was stifled by high tariffs.
- Excessive credit purchases of goods and stocks
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During the Great Depression, a programme called Relief or the Dole allowed people to join up and receive money from the government to help them get by. -
On Black Tuesday, the worst stock market loss in US history occurred. On Black Tuesday, the Roaring Twenties' rapid economic development came to a halt. This occurrence is widely recognised as one of the most important factors in the onset of the Great Depression. -
In Canada, the Great Depression was a period of severe economic decline. There were no jobs available, and 30% of Canada's population was unemployed. People were scrounging because they didn't have any money.
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The Five Cent Speech was delivered by Mackenzie King, the Liberal Party's leader. He stated that he would not give his opponents' provincial leaders more than a nickel. -
The On-to-Ottawa Trek has become a powerful symbol of labour unrest. In 1935, nearly a thousand irate unemployed men boarded boxcars from federal relief camps in British Columbia to take their demand for work and wages directly to Ottawa.