Socialism and social democracy in Canada

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Canada's socialist movement is believed to have originated in Western Canada. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and Great Depression are considered to have fuelled socialism in Canada. The Socialist Party of Canada was the first Canadian based leftist party. Founded in 1904, it collapsed as a national party in 1924. By a wide margin, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a democratic socialist political party from the Prairies with its origins in the Christian Left and the social gospel, became the most influential socialist party in Canada.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Canada's socialist movement is believed to have originated in Western Canada. The Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 and Great Depression are considered to have fuelled socialism in Canada. The Socialist Party of Canada was the first Canadian based leftist party. Founded in 1904, it collapsed as a national party in 1924. By a wide margin, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), a democratic socialist political party from the Prairies with its origins in the Christian Left and the social gospel, became the most influential socialist party in Canada.