Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War is
the country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945. there
were over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 million
mark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the
(5) 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after
1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's, producing a
population increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. This
rate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decade
before 1911. when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic
(10) conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion also
derived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size of
families. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest in
the world.
Basic to any understanding of Canada in the 20 years after the Second World War isthe country's impressive population growth. For every three Canadians in 1945. therewere over five in 1966. In September 1966 Canada's population passed the 20 millionmark. Most of this surging growth came from natural increase. The depression of the(5) 1930's and the war had held back marriages, and the catching-up process began after1945. The baby boom continued through the decade of the 1950's, producing apopulation increase of nearly fifteen percent in the five years from 1951 to 1956. Thisrate of increase had been exceeded only once before in Canada's history, in the decadebefore 1911. when the prairies were being settled. Undoubtedly, the good economic(10) conditions of the 1950's supported a growth in the population, but the expansion alsoderived from a trend toward earlier marriages and an increase in the average size offamilies. In 1957 the Canadian birth rate stood at 28 per thousand, one of the highest inthe world.
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