How did the Baby Boom impact Canada?

Answer 1

First, lets understand what the "Baby Boom" really was, shall we? With so many Canadians men out of the country in the armed forces, the Birth Rate fell in Canada. When the war ended, in 1945, men started to be allowed to come back to Canada, and after being away for as much as 5 or 6 years, they got married, or returned to their wives. The result was a huge increase in births. In the 10 years from 1946 to 1956, the population increased by 20 percent, in Canada. Those new kids demanded new furniture, new clothes and more food be produced, along with new houses, and new cars and lots of other services like schools and playgrounds, and Swimming Pools and hockey rinks. Lost of new teachers, and medical nurses, and Doctors were also needed, to look after all those kids. The baby boom was just what Canada needed to get the economy switched over from making Bren Machine Guns to making baby carriages, and bunk beds, and new cars, especially station wagons, for all those twins and triplets that arrived every year. Men who had learned technical trades in the military were starting their own businesses, as pumbers, carpenters and electricians, and mechanics and welders. Building the new suburbs required lots of skilled workers, and lots of lumber, concrete, and shingles, and pipe and wire, and new fridges and stoves, and furnaces, all made by Canadians in our own factories. Boom times were upon us, full force. Boomers changed the face of Canada, and the economy as well.