SOC271 Study Guide - Final Guide: Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Demographic Transition, Infant Mortality
Document Summary
Changes in canadian families from 1950 to present. Social reform, waves of immigration, 1950 to present, fertility transition, baby boom, post baby boom trends. Age of light, soap and water (new hygiene knowledge) Reduction in infant mortality (highest rate in canada was in the west, reform movements) Protection of children from exploitation (opening school, have to send children to school so that they are not abused for labour, minimum age for marriage, age of consent laws (protects children from being preyed upon)) British isles and central and eastern europe (immigration grows and canada was a safety valve) Ontario and west (from central and eastern europe with a little religious percussion, not high on the social latter and pushed out of their homes) Rural and urban (more and more immigrants come to urban areas and stay there, not dealing with large farm families anymore) >400 000 in 1913 alone (one of the biggest immigrant receiving countries in the world.
