HIS263Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5, 8: Alta Cappella, Financial Centre, Infant Mortality
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Chapter 5 & 8: urbanization and the era of reform. Two major cities montreal and toronto emerged that would dwarf all others; the growth and economic health of both was based on industrial economies. But along with it brought many problems, such as poverty, mortality rates increased, high taxes were placed, slums formed, there was no sewer system until later on, which created unsanitary conditions. In the late 1800s, i(cid:374)dustrial e(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374) pro(cid:373)pted (cid:271)(cid:455) pri(cid:373)e mi(cid:374)ister joh(cid:374) a. ma(cid:272)do(cid:374)ald"s. This lasted until the late 1920s and saw the development of a canada-wide urban system linked by rail, telegraph, canal, post office and telephone systems. It is interesting that bag in the 1885-1914, toronto did not dominate ontario. The largest city back then was montreal: by the end if the nineteenth century it had a population of 328000 which at the conclusion of the great was had nearly doubled. As a financial centre toronto was second to montreal.
