Still Standing

A few days before Christmas 2001, a zinc and lead mine in British Columbia - once the largest in the world - closed. For almost a century, the Sullivan mine was the heart and soul of Kimberley, BC.

In its heyday, Prince Rupert, BC was home to the world's largest cannery but Canada's cloudiest and rainiest city got even cloudier in 2016 when its last cannery shut down.

After the closure of Smiths Falls' iconic Hershey factory, Ontario's "Chocolate Capital" experienced an economic downturn that saw residents leave and the economy collapse.

After years of being subjected to bad treaties, the Chippewas of Rama First Nation found itself in need of an economic driver that would provide it with greater opportunities.

In 2005, Windsor, NS suffered a terrible loss - a staple of the community and one of the town's biggest manufacturing companies, Nova Scotia Textiles Ltd, closed its doors after 106 years in operation.

In 1955, a new town was created out of thin air in the backwoods of Northern Ontario. Almost overnight, Elliot Lake went from a dot on the map to a town of 25,000 people with twelve mines.

The Dakota people created a nomadic culture deeply dependent on vast herds of buffalo that roamed the North American plains. By the late 1800s the buffalo were slaughtered to near extinction.

Maritime Steel was the biggest employer in New Glasgow, employing over 200 at its peak. But by the early 2000s, the writing was on the wall for the local steel industry and in 2012.