CANADA AT HOME AFTER THE WAR• RETURNING VETERANS HAD BENEFITS: EDUCATION,

LAND, LOW-INTEREST MORTGAGES• 1951 CENSUS FINDS ONLY 1/3 OF CANADIANS ARE

POOR, DOWN FROM 2/3 IN PAST• COLD WAR HELPED CANADA’S

ECONOMY AS THE U.S. ANDEUROPE (WITH MARSHALPLAN $$), BOUGHT CANADIANRESOURCES AND PRODUCTS– NEW RAILWAYS BUILT– ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY BUILT– TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY

• C.D. HOWE CONTINUES TO PUSHFOR BUSINESS WITHSUBSIDIES AND CROWNCORPORATIONS

• 1946, LIKE 1919, SAW A GREAT INCREASE IN STRIKES

OFFICIAL OPENING OF THEST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY, 1959

• PROVINCES HAD LONG-LASTING GOVERNMENTS AND WERE PROSPEROUS– SCHOOLS & PUBLIC WORKS WERE BUILT– ROADS BUILT AND IMPROVED

• DEVELOPMENT OFTEN INCLUDED A GREATER TIE TO THE UNITED STATES - THIS WAS CRITICIZED BUT IT ALSO WAS THE FOUNDATIONOF PROSPERITY

• TYPICAL FAMILY POSESSIONSLIKE A CAR AND HOME IN THESUBURBS ARE THE NORM

• AFTER THE WAR CANADA’SPOPULATION BOOMED BECAUSEOF AN INCREASED BIRTH RATEAND INCREASED IMMIGRATION– FROM 1945 TO 1957 1.5 MILLION

PEOPLE MOVED TO CANADA• BY 1956 HALF OF CANADIANS

LIVED IN CITIES

HUNGARIAN REFUGEES ENTERING CANADA IN 1957