Chapter 6 summary By: Ebaad Mahmood Date: Jan/7/19

The Changing Face of Canada The end of the second world war marked the beginning of a population boom in canada. Those who had postponed marriage because of the war began to start families. Generally, families were larger than they are today three or four children was the average. In all 6.7 million children were born in canada between 1946 and 1961, making up almost one third of the as australia and U.S.A became known as the baby boob. For a time canada’s birth rate was the highest in the industrial world, peaking in 1959.

Post-war Immigration From 1905, when clifford Sifton’s ‘open-door policy’ ended up until the 1960’s canada had a somewhat restrictive immigration policy. Immigration of British and European origin, especially northern European, ere preferred because it was thought that they would adapt the most easily to the canadian way of life. Canada accepted such displaced persons,settling them in communities across the country. nevertheless, refugee children absorbed English quickly at school,and their parents found that a job, any job, opened up new opportunities. more than 2 million immigrants arrived between 1945 and When immigrants before the ww1who had settled largely on farms in western canada, post ww2 immigrants usually settled in cities of central canada where their cultures and hard work enriched canada in many ways

The Rise of the Suburbs After the War, developers began building thousands of new homes for canada’s growing population. Many settled in the suburbs because it was less expensive. Both business and manufacturing were booming and fewer than six % of canadians were unemployed throughout the 1950s.