Postwar Change
What is the Baby Boom generation?
Generation born ’46–’64 that fueled school & suburb growth.
What is peacekeeping?
Canada’s signature UN role—sending troops to keep warring parties apart.
Who is Tommy Douglas?
Saskatchewan premier dubbed “the father of Medicare.”
What is the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)?
Militant Québec separatist group behind 1970 bombings & kidnappings.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
Part of the 1982 Constitution guaranteeing freedom of expression, assembly, religion…
What is suburbanization?
Movement of families out of cities into newly built residential areas.
What is the Korean War?
’50s conflict where Canada fought under UN command on the Korean Peninsula.
What is multiculturalism?
1971 policy declaring Canada’s commitment to cultural diversity.
What is the War Measures Act?
Emergency‑powers law invoked during the 1970 October Crisis.
What is the patriation of the Constitution?
Bringing Canada’s supreme law home from Britain in 1982.
What is Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
1948 UN declaration article asserting every person’s right to housing & health care.
What is the Avro Arrow?
The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow (the Arrow) was a supersonic interceptor jet aircraft designed and built in the 1950s by A.V. Roe Canada (Avro).
Though the Arrow was widely praised for its power and beauty, the program was cancelled in February 1959 by the government of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
What is the 1969 White Paper on Indian policy?
1969 federal paper proposing to abolish Indian status & treaties (later withdrawn).
What is Quebec?
1980 referendum asked if this province should pursue sovereignty.
What is the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)?
Aid agency created in 1968 to co‑ordinate Canada’s development assistance.
What is the Medical Care Act?
1966 Act that established Canada’s universal, non‑profit hospital & doctor insurance.
Who is Lester B. Pearson?
Nobel Peace Prize–winning Canadian PM who organized early UN peacekeepers.
Who is Pierre Trudeau?
Prime Minister who introduced bilingualism, multiculturalism & patriated the Constitution.
What are allophones?
Term for Canadians whose first language is neither English nor French.
What is the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)?
1970 research centre tackling food, water & jobs in developing countries.
What is the postwar economic boom?
Post‑WWII era of rapid industrial growth and consumer‑goods production.
What is NORAD?
U.S.–Canada aerospace defence command set up in 1958.
What is the Canada Health Act?
1984 law consolidating provincial health plans under universality & portability.
Who is Pierre Laporte?
Québec Labour Minister kidnapped—and later found murdered—in the October Crisis.
What is the Kitchen Accord?
Late‑night 1981 deal among justice ministers that sealed the patriation package.