Impact Of The Second World War On Canada And Its Economy

The result of the Second World War fundamentally changed Canada and its economy started booming. Also Canadians began to change the way they lived, World War I also made a big impact on the development of Canada. Change in Science and technology help Canadians in daily life. Canada’s economy, lifestyle, science and technology changed after 1920s and create Canadians life’s.

The economy in 1920s was, As Canada’s economy modernized after the Great War, its focus shifted increasingly from farming to industry and services, from rural to urban. In 1921 the population of the country as a whole was more urban than rural for the first time. Despite slowdowns in the 1930s and during WWII, the automobile industry emerged as a leading sector. New sectors specifically pulp and paper and oil/petroleum emerged in the 1920s and 1940s, as did hydroelectricity. The energy sector as a whole grew throughout the 20th century. Commodity sales remained important throughout the century, and trade relations with the United States only grew in importance. Growing economy changed Canadian.

As the economy improved during 1920s, Canadians had money to spare. They could buy consumer good including radios, telephones that were becoming widely available. Canadians began to change the way the lived, many Canadians had lived on farms and rural areas, but after the war many began to move to towns and cities. Firstly growing consumerism after paying for food, clothing, and shelter, many had money left over to buy products that went beyond the necessities. Mass advertising campaigns in magazines and newspapers and on billboards and radio encouraged people to spend. Secondly buying on credit it is urban way of life was the use of consumer credit borrowed money. In 1920s, the demand for consumer goods prompted banks to lend money for goods like furnishings and cars. People often bought expensive items on an instalment plan. Buying on credit help and change Canadians life and the way of buying expensive goods.

Finally, The Media and the Arts the whole world world seemed different after 1920s, and that included Canada. Technological and artistic developments in media, literature, and the visual arts helped make this happen. Rise of the Radio during the 1920s, more people bought radios as the technology improved and prices fell. Canadians listened to homegrown and imported drama, comedy shows, music and sports broadcasts. Canada’s first cross country radio broadcast in 1927s. Canadians find it eazy stay in touch with news and events in urban areas. Radio changed Canadian lifestyle by making people use radios more than magazines. Also radio helped them closer together. Secondly, Movies by 1920, the American movie industry was well established. Canadians loved movies. Even during the Depression, many people managed to scrape together money to go to the movies. Canadian played an important role in the development of the American industry. Movies changed the way that Canadians used their free time, millions of people began going to movie theaters throughout the country. Movies also somewhat acted as a unifying factor, and offered something that everyone in the country could experience and share. Now, rather than just hearing about foreign places and far off lands, but they could actually start to see them on the big screen. As well as setting us on the path to losing our regional differences. Canadian visual art the growing sense of Canadian identity that emerged after world war 1 was encouraged by some Canadian painters who were also developing a distinctive style. Most Canadian artists had been heavily influenced by European styles and techniques, but a number of painters found inspiration in Canada’s rugged landscapes. Using strong, vivid colours, they wanted to show how the landscape affected them. To do this, they went out experience the physical settings for themselves. This new lifestyle captured the imagination of many Canadians, who connected it with their growing sense of identity. growing consumerism, buying on credit and the media and the arts one of the influencing factors that change the way Canadian live and lifestyle.

The period after World War 1 was a time of rapid technological change. During the 1920s, radio and movies become mainstream media. Industries developed mass production techniques to meet the consumer demand for goods. Cars started to become cheaper, faster, and more reliable and comfortable. Other scientific and technological developments were also important in changing Canadians lives. Firstly, roads in 1919, parliament passed the Canada highways act, committing the federal to build highway. Better roads made Canadians more mobile. And convenience helped drive up vehicle ownership, which encouraged the building of new roads. By the end of 1920s, nearly 1. 62 million motor vehicles were travelling Canada’s roads. Widespread car ownership also supported the expansion of cities and the development of suburbs, a pattern that has continued. Communication, telephone technology developed quickly after Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call in 1876. Phones were expensive and were considered a luxury, affordable only people who were wealthy. But over time, innovations made phone service much easier and cheaper. Canadian had a telephone, telephone advertising promoted the telephones as essential to modern life and aid to social interaction. Change in Health, health care was another field in which rapid advances were made in the decades after World War 1 and Canadians were at the forefront of some of these innovations. Treating Diabetes, in 1920, people knew a little about diabetes, a condition in which the pancreas does not produce enough insulin. In 1923, Banting and Macleod were awarded to Nobel prize for medicine for the discovery of injectable insulin. Today, millions of people owe their lives to this research.

Canadians life and lifestyle show how its change after 1920s. People began to buy produced goods like cars, radios, telephones and use different way of living like buying on credit, growing consumerism. These products represented a modern way of life and helped people forget about the horrors of the war years after 1920s.