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November 13 – A second stock market crash hits Canada. Arts and literature. January 6 – Regina's Darke Hall auditorium opened. Science and technology. Wop May and Vic Horner brave poor visibility and −30 °C temperatures in an open cockpit to rush diphtheria anti-toxin to Fort Vermilion.
Total national income fell to 55% of the 1929 level, again worse than any nation other than the U.S. Impact Relief Work repairing a highway. Canada's economy at the time was just starting to shift from primary industry (farming, fishing, mining and logging) to manufacturing.
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The Great Crash, it was called, and it was followed by the Great Depression. Winnipeg Grain Exchange. The wheat glut of 1928 threw the Winnipeg Grain Exchange into a spiral, triggering a depression in Canada s economy. (courtesy PAA/A-3742) It began to take shape on 24 October 1929, Black Thursday.
The five women who initiated the case are known in Canada as the Famous Five. In November, the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake occurred off the south coast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean.
Jul 11, 2013 · Economists still debate whether a specific event, such as the 1929 Wall Street stock market crash, sparked the Great Depression. However, there is consensus that the Depression was the result of widespread drops in world commodity prices and sudden declines in economic demand and credit .
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.
Feb 29, 2024 · 1929 - c. 1939. Location: Europe. United States. Context: gold standard. international trade. macroeconomics. protectionism. stock market crash of 1929. (Show more)