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On-to-Ottawa Trek

The On-to-Ottawa Trek was a mass protest movement in Canada in 1935 sparked by unrest among unemployed single men in federal relief camps principally in Western Canada. The trek started in Vancouver and, picking up reinforcements along the way,... Wikipedia
Dates: Jun 3, 1935 – Jul 1, 1935
Location: Ottawa
Caused by: Breakdown in negotiations between Trek leaders and the Bennett government; Government crackdown on the Trekkers