Canada in the 20th Century

Sir Wilfrid Laurier once stated, “I think we can claim that Canada will fill the twentieth century.”² Laurier believed that Canada’s agriculture and natural resource industries would only continue to grow, leading Canada into a prosperous and bright future... [I]t is evident that Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s prediction... was accurate. Canada had and still plays a crucial role as a global leader in several natural resource industries. Canada’s prosperous and flourishing mining, agriculture, and natural resource infrastructure industries unarguably changed the path of history and set the stage for Canada as a global economic and political powerhouse.
 
Canada in the 20th Century

Brandon Nguyen

Grade 11

Martingrove Collegiate Institute
Toronto, Ontario

My favorite part of Canadian History is learning about the Home front during World War One and Two.

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