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Upper Canadian

American  

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Ontario.


adjective

  1. of or relating to Ontario.

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Upon the whole, Sir John Colborne's Administration of Upper Canadian affairs cannot be said to have been much more beneficent than was that of his predecessor.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent

Upper Canadian Reformers rallied round Brown, and an alliance was formed with the Quebec Rouges.

From George Brown by John Lewis

The resolution was defeated, but obtained the votes of a majority of the Upper Canadian members, and Mr. Baldwin regarded their action as an indication of want of confidence in himself.

From George Brown by John Lewis

E Gradual improvements in common school system after 1841, 87-89; Mrs. Jamieson on the Upper Canadian schoolmaster, 87; Lord Elgin's interest in educational problems, 88.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

C Sides against the government, 7; his standing as a statesman, 23; forms alliance with Upper Canadian Conservatives, 99-100.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

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