Canada Between Wars (1918-1939)

  • Spanish Flu

    Spanish Flu

    The Spanish Flu was a deadly disease brought over from the United States, killing millions.
  • Residential Schools

    Residential Schools

    Residential schools started in the late 1880's and continued into the mid to late 1990's. The Canadian government let Christian led churches take indigenous children from their home and parents to teach them how to be "proper" Christians.
  • Winnipeg General Strike

    Winnipeg General Strike

    The Winnipeg General Strike occurred among the people of Winnipeg for having poor working spaces, low wages, and discrimination against immigrants. The people of Winnipeg had enough and more than 30,000 workers left their jobs in protest.
  • Bloody Saturday

    Bloody Saturday

    While the people of Winnipeg were in a state of protest, the government sent out Police on horseback, attacking innocent people, killing two, and injuring countless. Therefore Canada named it 'Bloody Saturday',
  • Group of Seven

    Group of Seven

    The group of seven is a group of Canadian landscape painters. They painted the beautiful Canadian landscapes.
  • Radio

    Radio

    The Radio started to become a very popular household item in the early 1920's. People could listen to music, hear about sports, and even the news.
  • Jazz Age

    Jazz Age

    Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African American communities such as New Orleans, and Louisiana.
  • Insulin

    Insulin

    Insulin is what your pancreas produces to regulate sugars in the body, but if someone has diabetes they need physical shots of insulin daily.
  • Persons Case

    Persons Case

    The Person's case was very important for Canadian women at that time. Society and the Supreme Court of Canada thought women weren't "persons" so a group of women teamed together and changed society forever.
  • The Great Depression

    The Great Depression

    The Great Depression happened in the United States. Stocks went down significantly causing men to lose jobs, women losing their rights, and eventually men having to leave their home to find jobs elsewhere. This lasted till about 1939.
  • Five Scent Speech

    Five Scent Speech

    Mackenzie King held the Five Cent Speech, stating that he would not offer money to the public or help in any way unless the Province had a Liberal Government.
  • Bennett Buggy

    Bennett Buggy

    The Bennett Buggy was a car with no engine turned into a buggy used to mock the Prime Minister during the great depression.
  • Relief

    Relief

    Since the great depression arouse in 1929, men could not provide for themselves or their families. Prime Minister R.B Bennett gave the option of men doing labor for little money, food, and shelter away from their families.
  • New Deal

    New Deal

    The New Deal was programs such as millions of jobs given to men, financial benefits to the economy and regulations.
  • New Political Parties

    New Political Parties

    In the 1930's, new political parties started to arise from the great depression, such as: CCF, Social Credit Party, and the Union Nationale.