economic depression was the effect of the nineyears of drought and crop failures. When the Great Depression plagued Canada, the country was not readyfor it; there are three main reasons why: 1) Seasonal unemployment was predictable since wages for seasonal labour were high enough. 2) Cyclical unemployment and recovery in the past always occurred eventually. Canada was a new world society, with a developing farm frontier. 3) There was a working class political pressure.3. Dependence on foreign trade of wheat contributed to Canada's main cause ofthe Great Depression. The Weather in the Prairies greatly contributed to the disastrouseffects which took place upon the Prairies during the 1930's. Crops whichwere green and healthy in June, had reduced to nothing in two to threeweeks. The cause of devastation to the crops was usually from dust storms.The drought created five to seven years of dried-out crops. A descriptionof the Prairie land was that: The Prairies were like a great rich land without rain. The heat everyday was too hot to adjust to during the day and too hot to sleep at night. It was like living a dry sauna. The wind was so hot and sucking that it sucked up the moisture. 4. In 1931, events which occurred were blizzards, dust storms consisting ofhot dry, wind and complete crop failure. In 1932 it was the year whengrasshoppers plagued the land. In 1933 the effects of drought andgrasshoppers were the main factors which contributed to the downfall of thePrairie provinces in the first few years of the Great Depression. In 1934,soil began to blow in mid June and destroy gardens and crops and cause thecancellations of many fairs in the villages across the southern plains. In1936, it was the coldest winter with blizzards contributing to chillingrecords and also events where people froze to death. During the summer of1936, it was the longest and hottest summer. Temperatures rea...