CITB01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Deindustrialization, Baby Boomers, Mount Royal
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Canada as part of a colonial trading system; Staples theory (harold innis); canadian development depending on staple commodities, which link canada to europe. The urban form of the small canadian settlements of the time was pedestrian-oriented and in most cases adhered to gridiron road plans. Agriculture dominant the urban form: market and service centers developed to serve the rural population. Early kingston was a larger city than toronto, but it was in a low-yield agricultural zone, toronto rapidly overtook kinston largely by virtue of its location in a rich agricultural belt. Emergence of a heartland-hinterland split; canada"s central parts could no longer be explained simply by the staple model. Diversification of canada"s urban form, streetcar 1861, expansions in toronto and. Montreal; cbd a zone of transition with a mixed and changing land-use pattern: residential neighborhoods segregated along lines of income and ethnicity. The government encouraged homeownership and the purchase of consumer goods; government redistribution programs, stimulation of household expenditure,
