Effects of the Great Depression on Canada During the Great Depression of the 1930's, Canada's Prairie provincessuffered more than any other area in Canada. This time frame brought forthe farmers many years of droughts and grasshopper plagues, as each yeargot worse without any rainfall whatsoever. The impact of the GreatDepression on the Prairie provinces was devastating and it's impact on theregion was social, political and economical. During this periodunemployment reached high levels, prices of products …showed first 75 words of 2676 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2676 total…Great Depression was as Barry Broadfoot claims: 10 years that were the most traumatic in our nations history, the most deliberating, the most devastating and the most horrendous. 27Starting with the New York Stock Market Crash in 1929 until World War IIbegan in 1939, the Prairie provinces experienced many changes which had acrushing impact upon the people and economy. The Great Depression in thePrairies was of extreme importance as it affected the entire region untilWorld War II began.