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

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

From Forbes • Oct. 10, 2011

For his final two years of high school, Colonel Williams boarded at Upper Canada College, an elite private school in Toronto.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2010

What wonder then that Brock, as the civil and military head of the Government of Upper Canada, should view with extreme anxiety the situation in the Province?

From Brock Centenary 1812-1912 by Various