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Oct 18, 2013 · It began to take shape on 24 October 1929, Black Thursday. “Stock Speculators Shaken in Wild Day of Panic,” shouted the front page of the next day’s Toronto Globe. The New York Stock Exchange, the accompanying stories reported, had experienced massive declines in wild trading, with a record 12.8 million shares sold.
Events. January 10 – Lomer Gouin becomes Quebec 's 15th Lieutenant Governor, serving until his death on March 28, 1929. March 22 – The Canadian schooner and rum-runner I'm Alone is sunk by the US Coast Guard 's USCGC Dexter. April 4 – Henry George Carroll becomes Quebec 's 16th Lieutenant Governor.
The Great Depression. Following the New York stock market crash in October 1929, Canada sank into 10 long years of economic and social despair. The New York stock market collapsed in the fall of 1929, as stocks lost 39 per cent of their value, or 10 times the U.S. government’s annual budget. The crash unleashed a wave of disaster that would ...
- January 01, 0985. Exploration & Settlement. Bjarni Sights America. Bjarni Herjolfsson sighted mainland North America, probably Newfoundland, southern Labrador and Baffin Island.
- January 01, 1400. Indigenous Peoples Politics. Blackfoot Confederacy. A confederacy of Siksika (Blackfoot) nations is organized around bands. Each band has a male leader responsible for decision-making.
- January 01, 1400. Politics. Mi’kmaq Grand Council. Made up of male representatives from across Mi’kmaq territory, the council is governed by a grand chief and rules by consensus.
- June 24, 1497. Exploration & Settlement. John Cabot Claims Atlantic Coast. John Cabot landed on the Atlantic coast of North America, claiming it for England.
Jul 11, 2013 · In 1935, a protest against conditions in the camps culminated in the Regina Riot. This was Canada’s most violent episode of the Depression. One policeman was killed, dozens of men were injured and 130 people were arrested. It was followed by the similar Bloody Sunday confrontation in Vancouver on 19 June 1938.
Apr 17, 2017 · Canada 150: Great Crash of October 1929 led to Great Depression of 1930-39. The stock market crash of 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression. The Single Men's Unemployed Association parading to Bathurst Street United Church in Toronto in 1930. - Library and Archives Canada. The Great Crash of October 1929 resulted when panic struck ...
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By August - September 1929 the Dow Jones Industrial Average,in the U.S. had climbed 190 points from the beginning of 1928 to 381. In Canada in January of 1929, with $50 you could buy $350 or 100 shares of Home Oil and in March sell it for $1575, or Okalta for $30 and sell it at $300. By early September two Canadian stocks, Imperial and BA ...
