Category: Canada

Colonialism remains embedded in the legal, political and economic context of Canada today. When did colonialism end in Canada? The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended more than 150 years of European competition and conflict. Through this agreement, France ceded its colonial territories in what is now Canada, including Acadia, New France and the Interior […]

Canada of course had no choice: as a dependent colony of the British Empire, it was bound by the British declaration of war on 4 August. Nevertheless, Borden wanted to ensure that the war was Canada’s war, and was accepted as such. Was Canada a colony of Britain in ww1? Britain’s War So too was […]

The Prairie Provinces. The Prairie Provinces and Western Canada were the hardest-hit. In the rural areas of the prairies, two thirds of the population were on relief. Why did the Great Depression hit Canada so hard? Uneven Burden on the Country The country’s social-welfare structure proved woefully inadequate. And government attempts to address problems through […]

Canada relies heavily on publicly accessible toilets—which are privately owned by businesses and open to customers—rather than truly public toilets, which are on the street, paid for by taxes, and open to everyone. Do Canadians say toilet or bathroom? Washroom: a polite word for bathroom. The Canadian version of “restroom.” Do they use toilet paper […]

Pronounced “ay.” This word is used in everyday Canadian vernacular to indicate that you don’t understand something, can’t believe something is true or want the person you’re speaking with to respond. It’s similar to the phrases “huh,” “right?” and “what?” commonly used in the USA. Do Canadians say ay or eh? (See also Canadian English.) […]

Portuguese Canadians by Canadian province or territory (2016) Province Population Percentage Northwest Territories 205 0.5% Nunavut 120 0.3% Yukon 70 0.2% Canada 482,610 1.4% Why is there so many Portuguese in Canada? Portuguese have immigrated to Canada for the same reasons many other nationalities immigrated – economic opportunity, underemployment at home and a desire to […]

Few countries were affected as severely as Canada. Millions of Canadians were left unemployed, hungry and often homeless. The decade became known as the Dirty Thirties due to a crippling drought in the Prairies, as well as Canada’s dependence on raw material and farm exports. How did people survive the Great Depression in Canada? It […]

Results: Overall, 5.8% of Canadians were taking antidepressants, higher than the annual prevalence of major depressive episode (4.8%) in the survey. Among persons with a past-year major depressive episode, the frequency of antidepressant use was 40.4%. Are antidepressants common in Canada? Antidepressant drugs (often called “antidepressants”) are widely used in Canada to treat depression and […]

seven months. Canada has experienced a total of five recessions since 1970 and twelve since 1929. Recessions usually last between three to nine months; the most recent, the ​2008–09 recession, lasted seven months. Was Canada affected by the 2008 recession? No money was available in capital markets and, more devastatingly, credit was not being extended. […]

Do children get depressed? In short, the answer is yes. Approximately 10 to 20 percent of very young Canadian children have a mental health problem. How many children have depression Canada? In 2019, there were 39,801 children and youth hospitalizations for mental health disorders. There were an additional 146,845 children and youth hospitalizations for all […]