"Prohibition was the result of generations of effort by temperance workers to close bars and taverns, which were the source of much drunkenness and misery in an age before social welfare existed." -http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/
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This chart shows the dates for prohibition across the different provinces of Canada. Even though the prohibition is over, some cities remain dry.
The prohibition failed as it did not prevent people from drinking. People did it anyways and it became a dangerous business, sort of like with marijuana today.
This basic school project video explains how Canada has gone about prohibition, what happened, what it led to and why.
This Budweiser commercial demonstrates how people were glad it had ended. The prohibition had not been a great success and many men missed the saloons. Many thought they should have the right to drink and were happy to have it back after that right had been taken from them for a relatively brief period.