Miscell.
Boy Scouts, Girl Guides, and Junior hockey reshaped by this.
What is Baby Boom
A European women married during the war to Canadian soldier
What is a war bride
Money for families each month for each child
What is Baby Bonus
Shopping
1950s national past time
During the war women made of _________ percent of workforce.
What is 33%
Investigated the state of Canadian culture
What is Massey Commission
A person living in a country that is at war with their home country
What is an enemy alien
Number of babies born between 1946 and 1961
What is 6.7 million
Post-war values centered on this
What is traditional values
Two new products that grew out of the war
What is plastics and pesticides
Number of displaced persons Canada accepted
What is 165,000
Nearly a million of these
What is returning veterans
What were American companies placing in Canada that lead to economic growth?
What is branch plants
"One for the road"
A drink before driving home
Fostered an economic boom in Canada
What is natural resources
Leduc, Alberta, 1947
Where and when oil was discovered?
What country did Canada accept a lot of refugees from in the 1957?
What is Hungary
For a while in the 1950s, Canada led the industrialized world with this
What is birth rate
Replaced the front porch, the village green corner store as a gathering place.
What is shopping mall
Large scale construction project that requires huge capital investment
What is Mega-project
Percentage of pre-war students to complete high school?
What is 10%
Proportion of Canadian bachelors returning married
One in five
How many children did the average family contain?
What is 3-4 children
Investigated state of Canadian culture
What is Massey Commission of 1949
Linked the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.
What is St. Lawrence Seaway