MacDowell_2012

MacDowell, L.S. (2012) An Environmental History of Canada. Vancouver: UBC Press. Available at: https://search-ebscohost-com.lib-ezproxy.concordia.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=482381&site=ehost-live&scope=site (Accessed: 13 September 2023).

Keywords: Canada ecology, historical

Chapter 3: Early Cities and Urban Reform

  • Canada became “urban” (more urban dwellers than rural) ~ 1920

  • Urbanization was facilitating industrialization

    • based on resource extraction

  • Inner city rail allowed expansion to suburbs (1880, St Henri was one of first industrial suburbs)

  • Suburbs were initially created for middle-class, wealthy elites to live outside the city due to pollution

  • Eventually there were working class suburbs as well