A new consumer price index for Canada, 1870-1913 is constructed, which includes prices for clothing and household … textile product used for clothing and household furnishings at this time, even in Canada, whose winters are harsh, fell by 49 …

During the colonial era, the French colonial government in Canada experimented with paper money printed on the back of …

For nearly three centuries, Indigenous peoples within the borders of present-day Canada engaged in treaty-making with …

This paper uses the censuses of 1842 of Canada East (modern day Quebec) and Canada West (modern day Ontario) to help … explain the historical differences in living standards between Canada and the United States. The argument made in this paper … is that Canada East was substantially poorer than the rest of Canada. The wage and price data contained in the censuses …

data from the 1831 and 1851 Lower Canada censuses. We find strong evidence that this difference in tenure partially …

Canada is one of the richest countries in the world today. It stands above most countries in the Americas. It is also … early as the 17th century. Why? An understanding of Canada's historical path of economic growth can be acquired by focusing … on three important gaps in living standards within Canada: First Nations versus the Rest of Canada; French …

From the 19th century to the 1940's, Quebec remained poorer and less economically developed than the rest of Canada in …

deterring other merchants from entering the market. It also made the region richer than most regions of Canada at the time …