Post-war boom
1946
The Federation of Women Teachers Association of Ontario (FWTAO) endorses equal pay and opportunities for women and men teachers.
1947
Teachers define taking a salary of less than $1,500 as “unprofessional.”
Pressured by the postwar baby boom, Ontario’s elementary schools are short more than 1,000 teachers. The number of elementary school teachers will increase by more than 50%, to about 64,000, by 1956.