The Canadian Museum of Civilization presents three stories of how this remarkable historical change occurred.

Photo: "The Shame of the City – Neglected Children" (Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1910). From F.J. Billiarde, Report on Neglected Children, 1912. Courtesy of the Manitoba Legislative Library	Social progress is the weight of laws designed to alleviate human suffering. Canada, while slow to start passing national legislation in this regard, rapidly addressed its social needs from the 1940s onwards. Canada is now leading the world in overall quality of life.* *United Nations Human Development Report (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)
The information presented in the Social Progress Gallery has been developed through partnerships with individual researchers or organizations which have an expertise in the subject at hand. These partners have provided their information from their own particular perspective.