Friday, November 19, 2021

1961 - Photos and Trading Partner Statistics

Here are: St Boniface stockyards, the Dinette, harvesters at CPR Winnipeg in 1887, the terminal elevators at Fort William.

Tables of our top trading partners1957-1960 are interesting to compare and contrast with today's situation.

... As you can guess, there are two big countries missing from both lists.


Here are a few images from the Canada, Official Handbook of 1961.

In the book, the dimensions of the photos are about 2 inches by 4 inches.





If you look at the Imports table at the bottom, you may see the effect of Canadians opting to buy the Volkswagen Beetle in increasing numbers.