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=Baby Boom 1= For approximately 20 years, the effects from the Great Depression and the Second World War discouraged many to have children, primarily due to great despair and the lack of men. However, when the men returned home from the war, an uplifting mood came upon many. Male soldiers came back to working in the workforce and women dropped from wartime work and focused on child-bearing. The Baby Boom era was a time of a vast increase in population, continuing from 1946-1961. Families were growing with new additions of newborns, called the “Baby Boomers” and suddenly, the soberness from the war years had disappeared and couples returned to customary roles. The Baby Boom reflected an elimination of stress and depression and resulted in an enormous number of babies. In Canada, the population increased by more than 25 percent throughout the years of the Baby Boom. The outcome of the massive amount of new children demanded for new products. Many items such as food, new clothes, toys, furniture and school items were needed, as well as new houses, schools, cars, station wagons, playgrounds and other buildings of activities. Also, positions such as teachers, doctors, nurses, coaches and such were demanded. The baby boom was a key that brought a fresh attitude and also an aspect that brought many to muster up the energy to contribute to the growing economy. Creating the new suburbs required many skillful workers and all necessary building items such as tools, lumber, concrete, wire and pipe. Men from the military, who gained knowledge of industrial trade, were beginning their own businesses as carpenters, plumbers and electricians. The product of the baby boom brought Canadians to take initiative to manage the heavy generation of consumers which changed the economy of Canada.