Cue chorus of Canadians saying, "You picked the one city we could do without!"
Well, Canada was in a sort of "golden age" during the 1950's. Living standards skyrocketed, social progress was made, we had peace from 1953 onwards, it was generally a great time to be a Canadian. We'd won a lot of national respect in WWII that seems to have faded now, sort of like WWI. In the World Wars Canadian troops had a reputation for toughness and for being able to do a lot with a little. That's the part that stood out to me the most from my high school history classes, really. In some ways being Canadian then meant the opposite of what being Canadian means now.
We got a lot more respect from other countries in general, and were one of the countries immigrants flocked to in droves.
The flag was a tad different back then (Pearson eventually changed it), and a lot of the everyday social programs that make living in Canada a different experience from living in the U.S. were his idea too.
Any information you want, feel free to ask me.
Especially if it can't be easily googled. I might be
extremely a little
obsessed with interested in Canadian history, and there's always something a textbook Can't tell you.