History Canada a changing society

• Where did majority of Canadas population live in the 1800's?

  Lived in small farming communities where they lived off of land
• Why were Immigrants drawn to the cities?

  Because their living conditions were bad and economies were poor, many people starved in their countries, the industrial revolution started, and more jobs were in factories.
• Where did Black, Jewish, and Chinese immigrants live?

  Canadians didn't welcome them into their communities so they made their own in Toronto calling it "The Ward"
• Which country had the largest population in 1911?

  Montreal
• How many immigrants came to Canada between 1891 and 1911?

  Nearly 2 million immigrants
• What is the Industrial Revolution?

  The transition from creating goods by hand to creating goods using machines. (Change in Production system)
• Only unskilled workers produced goods through the cottage system?

  false
• the average factory worker in Ontario made about $15.50 per week?

  false
• Toronto was a big factory with over 26 000 workers?

  true
• skilled workers made up majority of the workforce in factories?

  false
• it took until 1910 before a law was enforced telling all children under 14 to go to school?

  false
• work enviornment for children were very strict?

  true
• family of 5 needed $14.59 for food. utilities and housing
• minimum hours people worked was 55 hours
• skilled workers could make up to 35 cents per hour
• twhich workers made 13 cents per hour?

  cotton spinners
• it took a week for a female textile worker to make $7.40
• What is the cottage system?

  A system for making products to sell in which people use their own homes and their own equipment.
• Factories-?

  used mechanized tools and machines run by steam engines to produce goods that were once made by hand.
• What did factories produce?

  clothing, household goods, farm equipment, and parts for railway cars and automobiles.
• How much did it take for a child to make a dollar?

  12-18 hours, six days a week, it also depended on the factory owners.
• How were children punished if they were caught misbehaving?

  they were spanked and sometimes confined to dark, damp cellars for periods of time.
• why where factories built in cities?

  Because there was access to a large workforce and transportation.
• why was the cottage system replaced by industrialization?

  because it cost less to produce goods in a factory.
• Who is an entrepreneur?

  An entrepreneur is a person who starts and manages a business, taking on financial risks in order to do so.
• unskilled workers made 21-29 cents per hour
• why did children work in factories?

  they needed money to help out their families and to be able to survive
• what were children not allowed to do?

  laugh, run or do anything that the factory owners thought was not productive
• what law was passed in 1892? Was it strictly enforced? why or why not?

  a law requiring all children under 14 to go to school. it was not strictly enforced because it did not benefit factory owners.
• What were the conditions in the factories?

  dark, damp, dangerous and unhealthy. Often crowded and cramped, easy to make mistakes because of the bad lighting. Infested with rats and fire hazards.
• What is a Sweatshop?

  a term to describe a factory or workplace with particularly bad and dangerous working conditions.
• workrooms had no ventilation and were dirty, also had no lighting.
• What is a labour union?

  a group of workers that untie to improve working conditions and get better wages.
• What did the Canadian government think about union?

  That they were bad for business
• most workers in sweatshops were children and women?


  true
• there were strict laws regulating safety in factories?

  False
• sweatshops were filled with fire hazards?

  true
• during early 1900's working conditions in factories were improved?


  true
• sometimes strikes were called if negotiations did not work?

  true
• in some places labour unions were illegal?

  true