The Great Depression of the 1930s During the 1930s, the Canadian nation suffered through the Great Depression. The Depression resulted from the culmination of several components, primarily the collapse of the American stock market. As a result of Canada’s close alliance to the American econo...

The Great Depression of the 1930s was the economic event of the 20th century. The history of the depression is fascinating because it is a reference point for economic misery and fear. The Great Depression began in October 1929, when the stock market in the United States dropped rapidly. Thousands o...