Upper Canada


noun
  1. a former British province in Canada 1791–1840: now the S part of Ontario province.

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How to use Upper Canada in a sentence

  • I have observed two things in journeying through Upper Canada.

    Canada and the Canadians | Sir Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • Another lasting benefit was conferred upon Upper Canada by the reorganization of the public school system of Ontario.

  • In the reform movement in Upper Canada there were a multiplicity of leaders and a constant shifting of groups.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton
  • The press was represented by a few weekly newspapers; only one daily existed in Upper Canada before 1840.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton
  • In Upper Canada party struggles did not take shape until well after the War of 1812.

    The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. Skelton

British Dictionary definitions for Upper Canada

Upper Canada

noun
  1. history (1791–1841) the official name of the region of Canada lying southwest of the Ottawa River and north of the lower Great Lakes: Compare Lower Canada

  2. (esp in E Canada) another name for Ontario

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