The Impact Of The Canadian Pacific Railway On Canada's Economy

The Canadian Pacific Railway was the final piece of the puzzle to finally bring Canada together as a country. The railway idea was introduced by Sir. John A. McDonald in 1871 to connect British Colombia to the eastern Canada. The completion of the railway saw Canada Unite into one country, rather than upper and lower Canada. Having a railway from eastern to western Canada was one of the largest and technologically impressive feats at the time (1885), and for many years after. The railway also brought many other positive things for the country such as more immigrants like the Chinese and Ukrainians to the country and it helped boost Canada’s economy tremendously. With the attractiveness of the railway to foreigners, CP built many tourist destinations

Without the railway Canada would not have become more modernized in terms of how the country economy would improve. With the end of the Fur-Trade Canada needed more ways to improve its economy quickly, the completion of the railway allowed goods to be sent across the country much more quickly and efficiently. Gone were the days of having things carried by horseback, or having a canoe/boat carry things down waterways. The railway also allowed for many more goods to be carried at once, further increasing Canada’s exporting of goods to other countries. The railway further helped Canada’s economy by the large amounts of immigrants it would bring all over Canada. These immigrants would come to populate all the brewery’s, mills and farms that were popping up across Canada, as well as make their own businesses (Marianopolis College). The building of the railway boosted are economy a lot as well, it created thousands of jobs as well as bring in many Chinese workers that would eventually become future Canadians, and would make much of the population of the west coast metropolitan Vancouver area (Statistics Canada). After the railway was completed, many subsidiaries were made with the profit that was generated by CPR. The subsidiaries were corporations such as Canadian Pacific Airlines and multiple energy companies that one day would eventually come to form Alberta Energy

The railway did many things that are integral to Canada becoming the country that it is today. The railway improved are economy tenfold, it helped us and the rest of world during both world wars, it could change the tide of battle from cross the ocean. In addition, it practically made Canada’s tourism industry into what it is today, finally it united are country from east to west and helped colonize central Canada. many people wouldn’t be living or doing what they are now without the railroad being made. Without the construction of the railroad Canada would be a lot different than it is today, the entire would could be