During the Great Depression of the 1930's, Canada's Prairie provinces suffered more than any other area in Canada. This time frame brought for the farmers many years of droughts and grasshopper plagues, as each year got worse without any rainfall whatsoever. The impact of the Great Depression on the Prairie provinces was devastating and it's impact on the region was social, political and economical. During this period unemployment reached high levels, prices of products were …
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…Barry Broadfoot claims: 10 years that were the most traumatic in our nations history, the most deliberating, the most devastating and the most horrendous. 27 Starting with the New York Stock Market Crash in 1929 until World War II began in 1939, the Prairie provinces experienced many changes which had a crushing impact upon the people and economy. The Great Depression in the Prairies was of extreme importance as it affected the entire region until World War II began.