Upper Canada

American  

noun

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

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Upper Canada British  

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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Example Sentences

Mr. MacDermot studied at Upper Canada College, an elite Toronto prep school where his father was principal, and in 1950 received a bachelor’s degree from Bishop’s University in Quebec, taking classes in English and history.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2018

By all reliable accounts, the real Simcoe was an honorable soldier who went on to become the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017

One of them, the John Graves Simcoe House, is named after the first lieutenant governor of what was called Upper Canada, an abolitionist.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2017

And the Upper Canada Brewing Company would be pleased by her beer bottle designs.

From Forbes • Oct. 10, 2011

This truth is nowhere more apparent than in a county of Upper Canada where we spent nearly three years.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.