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Canadian Trade
Canada's oldest industry

Still vital to economy

Put Canada on the map
Trade in fish and fur
Cod and beaver were staples
Trade in ashes
Tore down trees for houses and to make room. Whatever left over that wasn't used in the houses was burned.

Ashes then were then used in soap and some fertizilers
Trade in ashes part II
storekeeper> he poured water over it> collected the lyle (alkali) which drained through it> boiled it to thicken it> poured into moulds to make it into akes of about 250lbs> barreled and shipped to Europe to be used as lye in cloth making
Trade in timber
Britain isolated itself so it could only trade with North American colonie (Canada only)

Reduced value of potash trade

Britian needed masts, spars, and squared timber (very wasteful, 1/3 was left to rot)

Empty timber ships brought over immigrants
Trade in wheat
Trade in wheat developed as timber trade increased due to excess of land left over

In addition to wheat there was flour, bacon and lard
Measurment of Flour
Volume=1 bushel= 8 gals= ~36 litres
Transportation changes
Needed a way to get products to market

Roads were impossible. Rivers difficult because of rapids and falls. This led to canal and lock.
Timber Rafts
18m by 60-90m of squared timber could handle rapids but couldn't transport flour
Canal and Lock
Canal building 1815-1850

Largely a result of a $1,500,000 pound debt owed by Britian to Canada

USA Canal route= cheaper and all year round

Canadian Canal route= better river but ice in winter. Higher insurance rates due to difficult route and pilot's fee at points of danger
Trade relations with Britain
Britian granted preference to goods shipped to Canada. Goods shipped from Canada to Britain had a reduced tax.This was good for any country who shipped goods THROUGH Canada.