The dirty 30's

The worldwide Great Depression of the early 1930s was a social and economic shock that left millions of Canadians unemployed, hungry and often homeless. Few countries were affected as severely as Canada during what became known as the Dirty Thirties, due to Canada’s heavy dependence on raw material and farm exports, combined with a crippling Prairies drought. Widespread losses of jobs and savings ultimately transformed the country by triggering the birth of social welfare, a variety of populist political movements, and a more activist role for government in the economy.

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"The Dirty 30s"by Hendrik Zanzig

October 29, 1929 - the black tuesday - ending of the roaring 20s and beginning of the great depression

The drought of the Western Prairies left many farmers broke and fields became dust bowls