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Why Did Canada Have Prohibition. Prohibition in Canada was the culmination of multiple movements, and multiple things happening in the time period of WWI. The fight against alcohol, or the Temperance Movement, began as early as the 1860âs.he fact that prohibition was passed in most of these provinces after women gained the right of suffrage is attributed to the suffrage and temperance movements of this time. Another reason for prohibition occurring was the rationing of food that took place in Canada during the First World War.
In January 1920 the American government banned the sale and supply of alcohol as they thought that it would curb violence and crime. This backfired greatly leading in excessive crime rates and a much greater increase in violence. This period of time became known as the prohibition era. This indirectly led to a rise in 'gangsterism' as now people who enjoyed drinking had become reliant on organized criminals such as speakeasies and many became tangled in bootlegging which was the transport of illegal alcohol into America.