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Munition Board in 1914
In 1914 there was a drought of wheat and farmers had started to lose money because Canada's debt had started a little bit before WW1 and quickly escalated. In November 1915,The Imperial Munitions Board was established in Canada by the British Ministry of Munitions. Thankfully in 1916 Imperial Munitions Board was introduced and this allowed men and women to work from home. -
Architectural history 1916
On the 3rd of February 1916 there was an event that occurred on parliament hill in ottawa. The event was horrific ,where a fire broke out on parliament hill in Ottawa. The fire was so bad that in the following morning there was only the famous library and a few walls of rumble left in the area. -
Women's Suffrage in Ontario
In 1916 the Ontario legislature submitted their votes to pressure and finally voted for women to have the rights to vote, in favour of women's suffrage. On the 12th April,1917 Ontario became the fifth province in Canada to grant women the rights to vote, After half a century by suffragists. -
The borden union government
In 1917, farmers began to push the Borden government ,This was because farmers wanted the government to recognize their important time of work, They made this possible by freeing their sons from recruitment. The Borden’s Union government was desperate for the farmers’ to turn in their votes. Initially the votes started to compile up, but at the end, the recruitment ended in April 1918 in the face of resuming casualties overseas and recruitment at home. -
Bank of Montreal
In 1918 the Bank of Montreal required the Bank of British in North America and its 79 branches. This plan purchase of a distinguished competitor remarkably increased the bank’s presence in western Canada. -
Canadian Government railways
In 1918, The Canadian Government Railways operations were able to combine with a nationalized Company called ”Canadian Northern Railway”. In 1919 the Canadian National Railways were incorporated to operate these two companies. -
Canada and the League of Nations
In 1919 it was established that “The League of Nations” was an organization, after WW1 Canada became a founding member of that organization. The League of Nations failed in its goal of security. Because of this it was replaced by the United Nations at the end of the WW2 event. -
One Big Union
In 1919, a radical labour union was formed in western Canada, This radical labour union was called “One Big Union” This union had a great goal, Its goal was to empower workers in Canada to do mass organization along industrial lines. The One Big Union feared the opposition of the other part of the labour movement. However, it helped modify the -
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919
In 1919,There was a massive event that was named “Winnipeg General Strikes” this event was also called the largest strike in Canadian History. Between 15th May and 25th June a lot of workers quit their jobs because of this, there were over 30,000 people that quit their jobs. Every shops, factories, transit and city services shut down because of this major event. This event was horrific, it lead to arrests, injuries and two protesters to die. -
The great crash of 1929 in Canada
In October of 1929,terror interfared with the stock exchanges of North America. Capitalism's party with its galloping share prices with his prices and celebrity millionaires, came to an abrupt stop. It was named “The Great Crash”, and it was followed by the Great Depression.This was the biggest crash ever recorded.It has been claimed that it brought on the Great Depression.
