Life+in+the+1950's

**Canada enjoyed a boom in the 1950's, but underneath the surface was a growing suspicion that all within society was not as positive as it seemed.**  **Glossy surface of stability-Prosperity and post war economic boom**  (the economy grew rapidly, productivity was high, and the unemployment rate averaged just 2.9% for the decade.)It was based on natural resources, discovery of large amounts of oil, natural gas and iron ore

**-The word was "big"- big cars, big corporations, big government, big public work projects** such as the billion dollar St. Lawrence Seaway, the Trans-Canada Pipeline, and the Trans-Canada Highway -Suburbs and rapid urban development -Baby-boom generation -TV -Car sales -Development of new technology

**-A fear of nuclear war, a growing unease, anxiety because of the growing consumerism, and Cold War paranoia** -Counter-culture movement and artistic expression is moving from Canadianism to personal expression