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	1791 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also: 1790 in Canada, other events of 1791, 1792 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
		Edmund Burke supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that: "To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in language, laws and habitudes, is a complete absurdity.
		In response to Loyalist demands, the Constitutional Act of 1791 divides Quebec into Lower Canada (mostly French) and Upper Canada (mostly English who recently migrated from America).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1791_in_Canada (279 words)

	Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada was a major battlefield of the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom.
		Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm that formally recognizes Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, whose duties are performed on a day-to-day basis by the Governor General at the federal level and by the Lieutenant-Governors at the provincial level.
		Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges, and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, beavers, caribou, polar bears, grizzly bears, Canada goose and the common loon.
	encyclopedia.vestigatio.com /Canada (5113 words)

	Canada Under British Rule, 1760-1791
		Canada, with all its dependencies, Cape Breton and the Laurentian Isles, was ceded to Great Britain, and the French claim to Acadia was renounced.
		General Murray was the Governor of Canada, but since the French population refused to take the prescribed oaths, no general assembly was ever called, and the country appears to have been managed successfully by an executive council appointed by Murray.
		In the years when Canada came under the operation of the Quebec Act the thirteen colonies of the south were in a state of great unrest, and in the following year the American Revolution broke out.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/canada-4.shtml (1704 words)

	Ask Us A Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Canada is a federal constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, consisting of ten provinces and three territories, and defines itself as a bilingual and multicultural nation; both English and French are official languages.
		Canada was a major front in the War of 1812 between the United States and British Empire and its successful defence had important long-term effects on Canada, including the building of a sense of unity and nationalism among British North Americans.
		Canada's two official languages, English and French, are the mother tongues of 59.7% and 23.2% of the population, respectively.
	www.avoo.com /wiki/Canada (5746 words)

	Canadian Embassy Belgrade \| About Canada \| History
		When the European explorers arrived, Canada was populated by a diverse range of Aboriginal peoples who, depending on the environment, lived nomadic or settled lifestyles, were hunters, fishermen or farmers.
		Canada has participated in the United Nations since its inception and is the only nation to have taken part in all of the UN's major peacekeeping operations.
		The Parliament of Canada has since passed a bill, on February 2, 1996, guaranteeing Canada's 5 major regions that no constitutional change concerning them would be made without their unanimous consent.
	www.canada.org.yu /index.asp?doc=history-e.htm (1408 words)

	Canada History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While the archeological record of Canada's earliest inhabitants is still the subject of lively scientific debate, it is generally accepted that Canada's earliest inhabitants, the forefathers of Canada's aboriginal people, arrived from Asia some 30 000 years ago by way of a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska.
		Canada first saw a major influx of English speaking settlers after the United States of America won its independence in 1776, as the "Loyalists" (because they wished to remain faithful to the British Empire), sought refuge in Canada.
		Canada's substantial role in the First World War won it representation distinct from Britain in the League of Nations after the war, and in 1931 Canada's constitutional autonomy from Britain was confirmed with the passing of the Statute of Westminster.
	www.beijing.gc.ca /beijing/en/navmain/culture/649/index.htm (1348 words)

	Canada - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Following the Rebellions of 1837, The Canadas were merged into a single colony, the United Province of Canada, with the Act of Union (1840), in an attempt to assuage local resentment at a lack of popular involvement in colonial executive decision-making and perhaps to also integrate French Canadians better into the widening community.
		Canada is a constitutional monarchy and a Commonwealth Realm that formally recognizes Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, Role and Responsibilities of the Governor General whose duties are performed on a day-to-day basis by the Governor General at the federal level and by the Lieutenant-Governors at the provincial level.
		Canada's two official languages, English and French, are the mother tongues of 56.3% and 28.7% of the population respectively.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Canada (5095 words)

	Canada - Representative Institutions, 1791-1814
		THE time had now come for Canada to emerge from her pupilage and receive from the British Crown the con-cession of representative institutions for which she was prepared.
		Upper Canada, with a population of perhaps 25,000, was preponderatingly British and mostly of Empire Loyalist stock.
		That of Lower Canada was the most restless and intolerant, because in Quebec the racial line was very sharply marked, and the French majority chafed constantly at their impotence in face of the official minority.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/canada-5.shtml (1267 words)

	A Brief History of Canada
		The first use of "Canada" as an official name came in 1791 when the Province of Quebec was divided into the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada.
		Canada's substantial role in World War I won it representation distinct from Britain in the League of Nations after the war.
		Canada has participated in the United Nations since its inception and is the only nation to have taken part in almost all of the UN's major peacekeeping operations.
	www.geocities.com /roosha.geo/canada.html (1731 words)

	A short history of Canada
		Upper and Lower Canada unite in 1841 as the British colony of the Province of Canada.
		In 1848 Canada becomes a parliamentary state and in 1867 the British colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada unite as Dominion of Canada, a parliamentary federation.
		Canada aquires the Hudson Bay Company in 1869, Manitoba in 1870, British Columbia in 1871 and Prince Edward Island in 1873.
	www.electionworld.org /history/canada.htm (550 words)

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		Canada was reached by English expedition led by John Calbot in 1497 and french expedition in 1537.
		In 1791 was Canada divided to English speaking Upper Canada and french speaking Lower Canada.
		Canada is independent federal parliamentary systém with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.
	www.studentske.sk /anglictina/Canada_2.htm (432 words)

	French Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lawrence River valley, which was called le Canada in the time of New France, and corresponds to the southern part of modern Quebec excluding the Eastern Townships.
		Later, this Canada was renamed the Province of Quebec (1763), Lower Canada (1791), Canada East (1840), and finally the Province of Quebec (1867) again.
		All the Canadian communities where there is a significant concentration of Francophone Canadians, that is, Canadian citizens who speak French and use it as their principal language.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/French_Canada (314 words)

	Canada Gazette
		The history of the Canada Gazette is interwoven with that of the nation and its forerunners date back to the early years of British rule in Canada.
		In establishing the Canada Gazette’s primacy, the Government reinforced the new Province of Canada as the successor to the old provinces of Upper and Lower Canada.
		The Canada Gazette’s status was strengthened and confirmed in 1849 with the passage of An Act to provide for the insertion of certain official and legal notices in the Canada Gazette.
	canadagazette.gc.ca /book/pg10-e.html (1169 words)

	Canada: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Upon Confederation in 1867, the name canada was officially adopted for the new dominion, which was referred to as the Dominion of canada until the 1950s.
		As canada increasingly acquired political authority and autonomy from Britain, the federal government increasingly used simply canada on state documents and treaties.
		The canada Act 1982 refers only to canada and, as such, is currently the only legal (and bilingual) name.
	winelib.com /wiki/Canada (3114 words)

	Canada History & Canada Culture \| iExplore.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In 1791, Canada was divided between regions occupied by the English-speaking and the longer-established French-speaking community but the arrangement did not work and was replaced by a unified system.
		In the mid-19th century, Canada was granted the status of a Dominion of the British Empire, with an autonomous government but with the British monarch as Head of State.
		Canada is the seventh-largest trading nation and a member of the G8 group of major industrial economies.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Canada/History (1464 words)

	Upper Canada - Canadian Confederation
		Upper Canada, the precursor of modern-day Ontario, was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791, which divided the former Province of Quebec into two parts: Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
		The terms "Upper Canada" and "Lower Canada," in the Canadian historical context, therefore refer to the period between 1791 and 1841.
		It was thus not surprising that Upper Canada should welcome the report, while it met with an angry outcry by the French-speaking population, primarily in Lower Canada.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /confederation/023001-2001-e.html (1441 words)

	Lower Canada and the British Regime
		The new English settlers are immediately displeased with this "all-too French Canada" and reject the seigneurial regime and the French laws.
		The Lower Canada assembly is composed of 35 elected Canadiens and 15 elected English (despite the fact that the population is 95% Canadien).
		The main parties of Canada East were the Bleus led by George-Étienne Cartier and the nationalist Rouges led by Antoine-Aimé Dorion.
	www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/BAS2.HTM (3161 words)

	Yes, it WAS Canada then...
		Rest assured; Canada was "Canada" long before there was a formal federal union, which merely broadened the area referred to by the name.
		This unequalled property could not have been attained by the utmost liberality of the Government or the persevering industry of the people had not the maritime power of the mother country secured to its colonists a safe access to every market where the produce of their labor was in demand...
		From 1791 onward, "Canada" was an offical place (two places, until the 1840s, actually), with an instituted government, colonial administration, military jurisdiction, the ability to sign local treaties, coin colonial money, etc. Eventually the buck stopped in Ottawa instead of London; that's mainly what happened in 1867.
	www.unitednorthamerica.org /phpBB2/post-25070.html (4603 words)

	Canada Travel Guide \| Canada Travel Information Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Western Canada is renowned for its stunningly beautiful countryside; Eastern Canada mixes the flavour and charm of Europe with the bustle of trendy New York; wildlife viewing is at its best in Northern Canada; and, everywhere, you will be surprised by how much more there is to this country than just maple syrup and Mounties.
		However, there have been some small measures to tackle their remonstrations: in 1991, a 350,000 sq km (135,135 sq miles) area of the Northwest Territories was relinquished to the Inuit as the semi-autonomous Nunavut territory; and additional lands and measures of self-government were granted to the territory in 1999.
		Canada now promotes itself as a country of peace, most notably in recent times in its opposition to the US-led war against Iraq.
	www.worldtravelguide.net /country/country_guide.ehtml?o=50&NAV_guide_class=CountryGuide&NAV_Region=50 (469 words)

	Canada Tours \| Canada Tour Guide \| iExplore.com
		Western Canada is renowned for its stunningly beautiful countryside; Eastern Canada mixes the flavor and charm of Europe with the bustle of trendy New York; wildlife viewing is at its best in Northern Canada; and, everywhere, you will be surprised by how much more there is to this country than just maple syrup and Mounties.
		There is certainly room in Canada to accommodate for these peoples: despite Canada's gigantic size, the country is sparsely populated.
		Canada is bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the northeast by Greenland, and to the south by the ‘Lower 48’ of the USA.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Canada/Overview (601 words)

	Upper Canada: 1791--1854.
		The nature of farming in Upper Canada, the extent to which it did or did not became a wheat staple exporting activity, ultimately depended upon all of the circumstances of agriculture in the province.
		From 10,000 in 1784, the population of Upper Canada expanded to 71,000 in 1806, 237,000 in 1831, 952,000 in 1851 and 1,396,000 in 1861.
		Agrarian interests in the Canadas alleged that the Bank of Montreal and the Bank of Upper Canada were captive to merchant interests aligned with the un-elected colonial elites; and rapid multiplication of Canadian banks, before 1837, reflected the desire of all interests to have their own captive banks.
	www.upei.ca /~rneill/canechist/topic_12.html (7994 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 Empire - Canada
		The Scots succeeded in Canada and by 1800 the most prosperous trading was controlled by Scottish merchants of Montreal.
		In the 1830s there were rebellions in Canada and the first earl of Durham was sent to report on conditions and the need for a future structure of the colony.
		That the Earl of Durham (1792-1840) who wrote the paper for the future of Canada was the ancestor of the modern Lambton family and the resident of Lambton Hall in Durham.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/history/empire/episodes/episode_32.shtml (757 words)

	WWW-VL History Index - Canada
		The Barren Lands: J.B. Tyrrell's Expeditions for the Geological Survey of Canada, 1892-1894
		Memoir for the Marquis de Seignelay regarding the Dangers that Threaten Canada and the Means to Remedy Them, January 1687
		Canada's Army in Korea: The United Nations Operations, 1950-53, and Their Aftermath
	vlib.iue.it /history/CANADA/canada2.html (864 words)

	French Canada Genealogy Research Primer from All Info - About Genealogy
		Women's maiden names are provided, which is not a surprise, since women in French Canada retained their maiden names throughout their lives, even after marriage.
		In 1841, the two political sections were joined together to form the Province of Canada or "The Canadas," but then were referred to as East (French Canada) and West (Ontario).
		Canada GenWeb Project for English speaking researchers and Project GenWeb du Canada for French-speaking Canadians.
	genealogy.allinfoabout.com /countries/french_canada.html (1432 words)

	Governors of Canada (1608-1867)
		Since there was many Americans in the East and many Canadians in the west he sepperated the two into Upper and Lower Canada in the 1791 Constitutional Act.
		He is governor of the during the whole length of the war which saw the defence of Canada against the US.
		The plan was to United Upper and Lower Canada, which was quickly done in 1841.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/46003/2 (668 words)

	Upper Canada Genealogy - Frequently Asked Questions
		Upper Canada and Canada West are earlier names for what, generally, is considered the southern half of what we now call the Province of Ontario.
		Formed in 1791, Upper Canada was created as a separate province for the United Empire Loyalists and their families.
		Previous to 1791 the new settlements west of the Ottawa River were part of the Montreal District of the Province of Quebec.
	www.uppercanadagenealogy.com /FAQ.html (2100 words)

	O'CANADA Homepage
		CANADA -- (Established 23 July 1840 when the Act of Union allowed Upper and Lower Canada to act under one government; This Province grew into the country of Canada which of course currently exists).
		Upper Canada was land lying west of the Ottawa River, while Lower Canada was the land lying east.).
		Anglican Church of Canada, Diocesan Synod of Central Newfoundland Archives
	www.genealogygeneral.bravehost.com /CANADA/Canada.html (1969 words)

	Canada in the Making - Primary Sources
		Volume II The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories including the Negotiations on which they were based.
		Lower Canada: An Act to create a fund for defraying the Expense of providing Medical Assistance for Sick Emigrants...
		Acts of the legislatures of the provinces now comprised in the Dominion, and of Canada, 1887 (Contains at least 35 documents related to the construction of various Canadian railways; see indexes)
	www.canadiana.org /citm/primary/primary_e.html (526 words)

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