Upper Canada


The name originally applied by General Murray to the

Montreal district, in 1760. Under the terms of the Constitutional Act of

1791, the country was divided into two provinces, and the name Upper

Canada applied to the western province. The population at that time was

made up chiefly of United Empire Loyalists from the United States. In

1841 Upper and Lower Canada were reunited; and in 1867 Upper Canada

again became a separate province, under the name of Ontario (q.v.).



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