HIST 1126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Financial Centre, Clifford Sifton, European Canadian
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Key question: compare and contrast urban and rural life in canada as the country entered the 20 th century. The maritimes growth and decline de-industrializing reached peak expansion reduction in size of economy and population this is because montreal was both the commercial and financial centre of. Montreal commercial and financial centre of canada ethnic division lots of ppl mostly from europe arriving and dynamic, driving heartbeat of canada however, immense urban social problems occur bc of this. 26% - at the end of the 19 th infant mortality rate than the city of bangladesh therefore, there was rapid urbanization ignoring the issues occurring in these slums - city below the hill . Poverty - one of the biggest issues in urban areas especially in montreal. 50% of ppl living in montreal were living in poverty economic elites/wealthy were dominantly white anglo protestents. Housing overcrowded, unsanitary slum conditions that tens of thousands of the population were living in.
