Canada and agriculture have a complex and illustrious history dating back copious amounts of years. The aforementioned complexity stems from the very fabric of Canada, to define agriculture is to elaborate on each and every province held within our boundary lines. The prairie provinces, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, are historically very important and were at one time agriculturally based and predominantly rural. What was once a staple that defined Canada now seems to be shifting and uncertainty is erupting from the shattered remains of the crumbling industry, no longer is agriculture the only main industry in Canada but the interest in the overall commodity seems to be getting lost with time. Fewer people are seeking entry into the business and now the majority of the population resides in major cities and towns, with population on the rise this pattern only continues to grow more dangerous as the years pass and the trend continues. At one time most Canadians lived on farms, but the major problems and issues plaguing the modern farming …show more content…
People have always lived in both cities and farms but somewhere along the way the scales of balance tipped and more people began living in the cities. The exact time the balance was disrupted isn’t documented in entirety but the consequences were still produced, agriculture has always existed so why is it getting forgotten about when it’s so important to our longevity? The question isn’t so easy to answer but when broken into pieces it becomes easier to understand and process. Society has taken a long time to realize the severity of the situation at hand but with more information available to us in the digital age it’s no longer unmentioned, people are now beginning to understand that the shift did not occur as a result of one singular factor but in reality