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Originally Posted by Hali87
Couldn't you have gone back *one more decade*?
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I think Halifax might have been the fastest-growing city in Canada in the 1940's (+32% in the city/towns and county from 1941-1951). It was a very busy and important city during WWII, something locals know but which is probably not well-known across Canada. Streetcars on Barrington were running at 90 second frequencies, and ships constantly gathered in the harbour and basin to form convoys and avoid U-boats.
Here's one famous picture:
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Winston Churchill also made a point to visit the city in 1944; the visit was kept secret until he left. The Churchill statue at the old library commemorates that visit.
The city also did relatively well in the 1930's while a lot of other Canadian cities were in decline. It barely grew during the 1920's while most cities farther west were booming.