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The great depression - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The situation in cities was bad, but in the country it was much worse the Great Depression hit Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta the worst. The economies of these provinces depended on exporting wheat, but wheat exports stopped, and the price dropped to record lows, in 1933, Saskatchewan farmers earned only 1.5 percent of what they had earned in 1928. the increasing number of farm machines also meant that there was less jobs needed for farms to operate causing more people to lose their job
        
        Even in the years that crops grew, farms faced another challenge, there were huge swarms of grasshoppers moving around the land sometimes so thick they blocked out the sun like a cloud. people said you used to be able to see the crops disappear before your eyes.
        
        during earlier depressions in Canada, it was common for people to be forced to leave the cities and move back to a farm. On the farm they would grow their own food instead of relying on a job to buy food. This was not the case for The Great Depression.
        
        Deep in debt with no way to make a living, farmers moved from the land looking for a better life elsewhere, more than one-quarter of the population of Canada's western farmlands moved off the land, while some people moved with all their belongings, other people left everything behind, they abandoned farmland, homes, and furniture..
        
        but while many people suffered during the Depression, these hard times also brought many people and communities together. Organizations such as churches and charities provided food and shelter to people who were homeless and starving. People also helped whenever they could, although there was just too many people too help.
        
        the federal government believed that it was up to the provinces to help unemployed workers. Even though the government said, the provinces didn't have enough money to do this effectively. Governments of cities and towns provided some help, but not enough. to The provinces did not provide relief to single men, as a result of that a large number of single men travelled the country looking for work. Many people thought these men would become dangerous if they became desperate enough. Governments were also concerned because they feared that these men might organize relief camps where unemployed men were sent to work. However the real goal of these camps was more to keep control of these men rather than give them help
        
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      - even though jobs were scarce in big cities such as Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, they offered a better chance to get a job rather than small town where there were fewer businesses larger areas had more organizations that offered a meal for people.
        
        Although more people had jobs in big cities many people had to sleep in tin shacks in streets or under bridges. People were desperate and didn't know what to do.