1950

By the 1950s, most Canadians could find a wide variety of foods at their local grocery store; they could also get meat at the butcher shop and milk products at the dairy. These farm products were just as likely to come from other parts of the country as from nearby farms. Many farmers sold directly to consumers at weekly markets in nearby towns and cities. With the availability of electricity and motorized farm equipment, farmers were able to supply more food than they had in earlier decades.

A grocery store in Weston, Ontario, 1947

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