Second Phase of Industrialization

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Second Phase of industrialization

• 1896-1929

• Britain and The USA had become industrial countries well before Canada

Electricity• New products were made because of this new power

source.

• Radio, electric stoves, refrigeration, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners…

Natural resources• Supply American markets

• Pulp and Paper became a huge industryTrois Rivieres The World’s Paper Capital

American investment

• Most capital came from the USAAmerican ownership

• Dams

• Factories

• Capital equipment

Skilled labour

• Demand for more skilled labour

• Specialists

Hydro electricity • Quebec is rich in Water and able to produce

a surplus of electricity.

• Used for factories and began entering homes.

MiningAsbestos

NorandaCopper

Val D’orGold

Asbestos Quebec was the worlds leading producer.

Other industries

• Chemical industries

• Oil refiningports and near cities

American branch plants

• Companies owned in the US that had outlets in Quebec to supply local markets or extract resources.

Urban demands

• Wheat

• Dairy products

• Lumber

• Much of the wheat came from the west transported by railway