Stunning Color Pictures Show Everyday Life of Canadian People in the 1950s

These are what Canadian everyday life looked like in the 1950s.

A barber shop owner in Edmonton, Alberta

A big catch of Northern Pike proudly being shown off, Calgary, Alberta

A church gathering in St. Catharines, Ontario

A family and their 1957 Chev Nomad wagon, Calgary, Alberta

A family in Calgary, Alberta in the late of 1950s

A group of people at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959

A group of people from the Russian Church in Kamsack, Saskatchewan

A group of people, posing for the camera in the village of Kamsack, Saskatchewan

A group of workers in the southern interior of British Columbia, 1958

A man enjoying his dogs in Glendon, Alberta in the late of 1950s

A woman standing by the door of a shed or garage in Newmarket, Ontario

A young couple and their baby in Calgary, Alberta, ca. 1950s

After the Sunday church service in Toronto

An outdoor baptism in Saskatchewan in the late 1950s

An outdoor baptism in Saskatchewan, ca. 1950s

An outdoor baptism in the late 1950s in Saskatchewan

Calgary, Alberta, ca. late 1950s

Camping in Vernon, B.C, 1958

Children in Calgary, Alberta

Digging a well in Smokey Lake, Alberta

Filling up with gas in southern interior of British Columbia, ca. 1950s

Fishing adventure in Calgary, 1957

Fishing in Calgary, Alberta in the late of 1950s

Grand Forks, B.C, 1957

Grand Forks, B.C, 1957

Grand Forks, B.C, 1957

Main Street of small-town Saskatchewan in the late of 1950s

Man feeds the chickens, Grand Forks, B.C, 1957

Man with his white horse, Grand Forks, B.C, 1957

Men at Prairie Bible Institute in Three Hills, Alberta

Mowing the lawn in Calgary, Alberta

Old men on their trip in Calgary, Alberta, ca. 1950s

People at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959

People at Berean Bible College, Calgary, Alberta, 1959

s… A gathering of people after the Sunday church service in Toronto

Selling Remembrance Day poppies in Calgary, 1958

Suppertime in Kamsack, Saskatchewan

The Dominion Bridge company, Calgary in the late of 1950s

The interesection of Centre St and 9th Avenue South in downtown Calgary, 1959

The Pentecostal Tabernacle in Castlegar, B.C, 1957

Two young boys in their winter garbs in Newmarket, Ontario

Vernon, B.C, 1959

Working an apple orchard in southern British Columbia, 1958

(Photos from James Tworow)

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