Lesson Suggestions:
- Research: Second Industrial Revolution and identify 3 new sources of power used in the Second Industrial Revolution.
- Students can research economic opportunity in the early 1900s and choose one occupation to research more about.
- Read through information below. Print out a map and draw images or symbols to represent what kinds of resources and opportunity are found in an area. (For example, in the prairies, students can draw an image of wheat or cattle in the map where the prairies are located. A good printable map can be found here: https://www.freeusandworldmaps.com/images/CanadaPrint/Canada2BWPrint.jpg
- Fill out worksheet for Lesson 2.
Main concepts:
- Second Industrial Revolutions impact.
- Economic opportunity at the turn of the century.
For the Student:
Activity 2: Economic Opportunity in Canada in the Early 1900s
Economic Opportunity at the Beginning of the Century
Different regions had different economic opportunities in the early 1900s.
The population changed over time as economic opportunities changed in the area.
Read through this page to help you answer the chart in activity 2.
Is the population increasing by a lot compared to other regions? Is it decreasing? Why do you think the population changed? Is there economic opportunity in the regions that have growing population? Is there less growth in places with less economic opportunity?
Different regions had different economic opportunities in the early 1900s.
The population changed over time as economic opportunities changed in the area.
Read through this page to help you answer the chart in activity 2.
Is the population increasing by a lot compared to other regions? Is it decreasing? Why do you think the population changed? Is there economic opportunity in the regions that have growing population? Is there less growth in places with less economic opportunity?
The North
Population 1901: 47,348 Population 1911: 15,019
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Miners en route to the Klondike Gold Rush, 1898
Klondikers buying miners license at Customs House, Victoria, BC, February 1898
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Two men working in a fish cannery in Vancouver, BC, 1900
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British Columbia
Population 1901: 178,657 Population 1911: 392,480
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The Prairie Provinces
Population 1901: 419,512 Population 1911: 1,328,121
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Arcola, Saskatchewan train station, 1915
Wagons loaded with bags of grain, awaiting delivery to elevators in Brandon, Manitoba, circa 1888.
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Inside an Eaton Factory in Toronto, 1901
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Central Canada Population 1901: 3,831,845 Population 1911: 4,533,068
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The Maritime Provinces
Population 1901: 893,953 Population 1911: 937,955
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Construction of a ship in Saint John, New Brunswick in the 1880s
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Railway along the Humber River, Newfoundland 1896.
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Newfoundland
Population 1901: 220,984 Population 1911: 242,619 *These are estimates as Newfoundland was not a part of Canada until 1949*
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