How Canada's Richest City Per Capita Became a Ghost of Itself: Saint John, New Brunswick

Saint John, New Brunswick was once one of the most important cities in Canada — a rich Atlantic port built on ships, timber, trade, industry, and ambition. Long before Canada’s biggest cities became modern economic giants, Saint John stood as a powerful gateway to the world. Its harbour was crowded with vessels, its streets were filled with merchants and workers, and its shipyards helped make the city one of the great commercial centres of British North America. But the same forces that built Saint John would not last forever. This documentary tells the story of how Saint John rose to wealth and influence — and how fire, changing trade routes, industrial decline, lost population, and economic stagnation slowly turned a once-prosperous city into a ghost of its former self. How did one of Canada’s richest cities per capita lose the future it once seemed destined to own? A story of ships, money, fire, decline, memory, and the Atlantic city that never fully recovered from the end of its golden age. #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #CanadaHistory #CanadianHistory #AtlanticCanada #OldSaintJohn #HistoryDocumentary #ForgottenCanada #Documentary