The Great Depression was meant to have affected only the United States but Canada was affected very strongly and had to deal with the same decrease of employment and increase of poverty. It was so drastic, in face, that every 1 in 5 Canadians became dependant on the government for relief. To make matters worse, the crops in Saskatchewan (along with other provinces within Canada) failed drastically and within the span of 2 years the province's economy decreased by 90%.
Riots occurred and the countries government was in slight trouble due to the living conditions of many citizens that made their home in this place that was meant to be fertile.
Canada, was overall in bad shape, in the year of 1937. Although, many exciting new discoveries were being made worldwide such as Amelia Eirharts dissapearance, the country itself was dealing with a crisis almost as big as the well known one in the United States at this time.
Not only was there the Great Depression but in 1937 their was the Memorial Cup final for the 19th junior ice hockey championship of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. It was the George Richardson Memorial Trophy champions, Copper Cliff Redmen against the Abbott Cup champions, Winnipeg Monarchs. It was the first best-of-five format Memorial Cup series, and it was held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. At the end of the game it was the Winnipeg who won their 2nd Memorial Cup against Copper Cliff 3 games to 1.
Their was the economic problem, and the amazing junior ice hockey game, but in 1937 their was 1 more thing, The Padlock Law. The Padlock Law was an "Act of the province of Quebec, passed on March 24, 1937 by the Union Nationale government of Maurice Duplessis, that was intended to prevent the dissemination of communist propaganda." It was to prohibit people that were trying to propagate any media signs of communism and bolshevism.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_in_Canada
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padlock_Law
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Memorial_Cup
Good research mostly written in your own words about Canada in 1937. Unfortunately the last paragraph clearly does not belong to you. It was interesting for the class to see what was going on in Canada at this time and how it was similar and yet different to the United States.
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