Pieces of the Past: A history of Prohibition in Perth County

The Temperance Act, also known as the Scott Act, was introduced in Canada in 1878. The Act gave local governments the power to ban the sale of alcohol. By 1917, the sale of alcohol had been prohibited by provincial governments across the country, with the exception of Quebec.  The banning of alcohol inevitably led to…
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Ellen Thomas