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Lower Canada

British

noun

(from 1791 to 1841) the official name of the S region of the present-day province of Quebec Compare Upper Canada

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The division of Upper and Lower Canada temporarily eased tensions.

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First, Upper and Lower Canada should be reunited as the Province of Canada, and British immigration should be encouraged.

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In the late 1830s, rebellions broke out in both Upper and Lower Canada.

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In Lower Canada, these demands were also fueled by French resentment toward British rule.

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By the census in 1831, the population of Lower Canada was 511,000; of these, more than 100,000, were Catholics.

From The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various

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