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== == The Second World War changed Canada forever. WE went from being a mainly agricultural nation, to a industraialised one in five years. WE moved from the farms to the towns and cities, and learned skills and trades, in the military that we used later in civilian life. Our national transport system was hugely expanded, and we built over 300 new air fields for the British Air Training program that saw over 135,000 men trained in Canada, to be pilots and air crew. They came from 35 different nations, to Canada, to learn to fly. WE built up our armed forces from a very small beginning to a huge force and supplied them with all the food, clothing, equipment and weapons they needed to use, and then we fed and armed a number of other nations, including the UK . By the end of the war, WE were the third largest navy in the world, as well as the third largest air force, and we had built over ONE MILLION military trucks, for our own army and that of the UK, and the Soviets, too. Canada was for ever changed by that war, but not only in a positive way. We LOST a whole generation of young Canadian men who died. They COULD have been the leaders and scientists that we needed later, but they lay buried in far off places, never to come home again. That was the COST of that war.
In many many ways. Just one way was Demographics. So many Canadians were killed that it hollowed out a generation. Then when those that did survive returned they found that competition for jobs was less, and pay was higher.

They used that increase in standard of living to have kids, lots of kids. That created a baby boom in Canada that peaked in 1961 (Immigration moves that peak birth year to 1963).

Those on the leading edge of the boom saw significant increases in standards of living and lower competition for jobs and resources. But those born after the peak found a world that was full to bursting. Schools were packed, classes overloaded. Where early boomers had small class sizes and many programs, late boomers found it all too easy to slip through the cracks and most of their school years were spent in mobiles and over flow trailers.

Then they left high school during the worst recession Canada had seen since the 1930's. Jobs were impossible to find (compare adjusted rates to today's rates to see just how bad) and those that tried to attend University found classes full, costs high and support low.

They became known as Generation X, the invisible generation as coined by Douglas Coupland. When it comes to boomers, like locusts it is best to be in the front wave, as the fields are stripped bare for those after the peak.

Of course demographics are but one area in which Canada was impacted by WW2 but it does show the impacts are real and will be felt for many years yet to come.

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It sent Canada into a new economic cycle. Since weapons and mitilia were needed overseas, factories needed to hire more workers.

It helped to make the economy stronger knowing that we helped in the wars and are able to keep the economy together.

IN 1939, Canada was a mainly agricultural country with over 60 percent of the population living in rural towns or on farms. The industrial sector was concentrated in Quebec and Ontario, and most exports were raw materials from the forests, and mines.

The need to clothe, feed and equip the Canadian armed forces required a complete overhaul of Canadian manufacturing plants and processes. Many smaller towns became regional centers of manufacturing, based on what was needed by the military. Railway lines that were all ready in existence were designated as places that factories would be built beside.

With so many men going into the service, women were ecouraged to go to work in "war factories" where they learned completely new skills and got paid well, too. Soon things were operating around the clock, with three shifts, six days a week. Kids were brought to work, and care centres at the plant were normal. Teen agers were allowed to go to full time work at age 14, to supplement the work force.

Building of new military bases, as well as air fields, and ship yards, brought the need for more lumber, steel, and asphalt, and concrete supplies, as well as construction equipment. Making a simple thing like a naval life jacket produced many small companies in small towns. Sone of them are still in business.

Food production was increased, and so was the out put of home gardens. People were encouraged to grow their own vegetables.

Production of consumer goods stopped, and the factories were conveted to war production. For example, Inglis Appliances, in Toronto made Bren Machine Guns, and Sten sub Machine guns, and General Electric made search lights and radar for ships. Canadian Steel Car in Hamilton switched from making freight cars , to making fighter planes. General Motors in Oshawa, made over ONE MILLION trucks in WW2.

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== == Read the very complete sets of answers that are contained in this sites category on "Canada in World War Two". This question, or ones very much like it, have been answered many times before.

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The least I can do is tell you about the economy= How did ww2 have an effect on Canada's economy? The war did the job of ending the Great Depression. When men went off to war Women went to work. Schnieders is a good example because when the men went off the women came in. No I don't say that because I like cheese. Jobs became open in factories, Munitions and everything else. When the troops came home their pre-war jobs were taken and they got to start over.

I'm doing a social studies project and I'm taking that right from the info I have gathered. lol

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With so many men going into the service, women were ecouraged to go to work in "war factories" where they learned completely new skills and got paid well, too.

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