Prohibition had a short life in Canada as all provinces but Prince Edward Island abandoned it in the 1920s. In some cases, it simply lost the support of the people, especially as the middle classes lost their old belief in advancement through individual betterment. But even where prohibition retained majority support, as it did in Ontario, it was doomed because governments were hostile to it. Prohibition was expensive to enforce and provincial governments were eager to make money out of liquor by establishing government liquor stores. In the 1920s, such stores became the pattern in Canada.
