Rural Electrification Across Canada National Historic Event

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Farm near Regina with good hook-up for rural electrification, 1958 © Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08 | Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08
Farm near Regina with rural electrification, 1958.
© Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08 | Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08
Penny Powers Oven Meals cookbook published by Saskatchewan Power Corporation in the 1970s as part of its ambitious program of rural electrification in the 1950s © University of Saskatchewan Library Special Collections / Canadiana Pamphlets Collection / 25592 | University of Saskatchewan Library Special Collections / Canadiana Pamphlets Collection / 25592The Schiefner farm near Milestone, Saskatchewan have all the convenience of a city home, 1956. © Richard Harrington / National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque / Library and Archives Canada | Richard Harrington / Photothèque de l'Office National du Film du Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives CanadaFarm near Regina with good hook-up for rural electrification, 1958 © Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08 | Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan / Saskatchewan. Photographic Services Branch / Ralph Vawter / 58-283-01 to 58-283-08
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Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 2025-08-11
Dates:
  • 1910 to 1970 (Significant)

Other Name(s):
  • Rural Electrification Across Canada  (Designation Name)
Research Report Number: 2024-29, 2024-29-A

Importance: The expansion of electrification, central stations and distribution networks into rural Canada led to the widespread adoption of new technologies, improved safety, and reduced disparities between the average standards of living in urban and rural areas