During the Great Depression of the 1930's, Canada's Prairie provinces
suffered more than any other area in Canada. This time frame brought for
the farmers many years of droughts and grasshopper plagues, as each year
got worse without any rainfall whatsoever. The impact of the Great
Depression on the Prairie provinces was devastating and it's impact on the
region was social, political and economical. During this period
unemployment reached high levels, prices of products were falling and
purchasing power was getting very weak. To try to help out unemployed
people, mostly men, the government introduced relief camps. During the
1930's in Prairie Canada, the Great Depression created harsh conditions and
it was a struggle until it ended.
The event which triggered the Great Depression was the Stock Market
crash of October 24, 1929 in New York. Another important cause was that:
Later in the 1930's, the wide adoption of the gold exchange in
many......
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