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We have limited information about Canadian boys wearing tights. Despite the climate, it does not appear to have been common unlike other norther countries. Until 1965, there were no reasonably priced tights available for children in Canada. Also, you have to think that a pair of long stockings was relatively inexpensive. Tights need complicated methods of knitting, they were costly and only dancers were able to afford to wear them. You have to understand that it was easy to darn a stocking and mix with another in good condition. If tights were torn on one leg, the whole pair had to be thrown away. These economic factors have to be considered when assessing clothing, especially children's clothing. Tights for kids didn't exist before Helanca who used synthetic products. Some Canadian reader have forwarded their personal experiences concerning tights. One Candian HBC reader reports that he wore tights as a young boy in the 1980s. Unlike Europe where they were sometimes dress wear, in Canada they were mostly worn as cold-weather wear.
We have limited information about Canadian boys wearing tights. Despite the climate, it does not appear to have been common unlike other northern countries.
As far as we can tell, tights were mostly worn by girls in Canada. The same pattern as in the United States.
Until 1965, there were no reasonably priced tights available for children in Canada.
We do not know if the popularity of tights varied among Enflish and French speaking Canadians.
Also, you have to think that a pair of long stockings was relatively inexpensive. Tights need complicated methods of knitting, they were costly and only dancers were able to afford to wear them. You have to understand that it was easy to darn a stocking and mix with another in good condition. If tights were torn on one leg, the whole pair had to be thrown away. These economic factors have to be considered when assessing clothing, especially children's clothing.
Tights for kids didn't exist before Helanca who used synthetic products.
Some Canadian reader have forwarded their personal experiences concerning tights. One Candian HBC reader reports that he wore tights as a young boy in the 1980s. Unlike Europe where they were sometimes dress wear, in Canada they were mostly worn as cold-weather wear.
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