HIST 1126 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Financial Centre, West Vancouver, Infant Mortality

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Key question: compare and contrast urban and rural life in canada as the country entered the 20th century. The maritimes growth and decline de-industrializing reached peak expansion reduction in size of economy and population this is because montreal was both the commercial and financial centre of canada at the time. Montreal commercial and financial centre of canada ethnic division lots of ppl mostly from europe arriving and settling in dynamic, driving heartbeat of canada however, immense urban social problems occur bc of this. Herbert b. ames did a study of montreal one of the biggest issues was the slums that were crowd with poor families, they had poor sanitation- infant mortality among the non-wealthy. Poverty - one of the biggest issues in urban areas especially in montreal. 50% of ppl living in montreal were living in poverty economic elites/wealthy were dominantly white anglo protestents. Housing overcrowded, unsanitary slum conditions that tens of thousands of the population were living in.

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