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Early Period, 1840 - 1890 Characteristics

Social welfare is local and private
Economic security matter for family, not state
Social welfare consisted of regulations on: family, economy, charities, and Aboriginal peoples

Unemplyed men on Simcoe Street, Toronto, Ontario, 1917, Photographer: John Boyd, National Archives Neg. no. PA70111.





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