Upper Canada
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 BonnycastleAnother lasting benefit was conferred upon Upper Canada by the reorganization of the public school system of Ontario.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonIn the reform movement in Upper Canada there were a multiplicity of leaders and a constant shifting of groups.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonThe press was represented by a few weekly newspapers; only one daily existed in Upper Canada before 1840.
The Canadian Dominion | Oscar D. SkeltonIn 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
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
(esp in E Canada) another name for Ontario
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