This is what it was like in Toronto in the 1920s Toronto
The short-lived Casa Loma Hotel opened in 1927, the same year when the provincial government abandoned the Ontario Temperance Act.
The former grand residence of Sir Henry Pellatt was also equipped with dancing and dining halls, but it failed as a hotel and closed down a mere year later., opened on August 6, 1927, seven years after it was completed due to an ongoing conflict on the matter of financing the project, as well as changes to its architectural plan.
By the end of the decade, a significant number of residents were born outside of Canada, the UK, and even Europe altogether. In February 1923, Dr. Charles Hastings, the medical officer of health, blamed the"modern living" and the combination of boredom and stress for the increase in drug use.
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