Immigration drastically increased in the United States during the period between the Civil War and the early 1900s. This immigration boom coupled with increased development and industrial output following the Civil War led to large economic growth in the United States as well.
More than half the people in Canada live in cities and towns near the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River in southern Quebec and Ontario, known as Central Canada and the industrial and manufacturing heartland. Southern Ontario and Quebec have cold winters and warm humid summers.Hope this helps