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Lower Canada

Proper noun

Meaning

Lower Canada

(historical) A former British colony located in what is now Labrador and southern Québec.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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And secondly, unification was an attempt to swamp the French vote by giving each of the former provinces the same number of parliamentary seats, despite the larger population of Lower Canada. Source: Internet

At St. John, Lower Canada, £140,000 worth of goods smuggled by water were recorded there in 1808 - a 31% increase over 1807. Source: Internet

Firstly, Upper Canada was near bankruptcy because it lacked stable tax revenues, and needed the resources of the more populous Lower Canada to fund its internal transportation improvements. Source: Internet

Great Lakes and Western Territories Invasions of Upper and Lower Canada, 1812 Map showing the northern theatre of the War of 1812 American leaders assumed that Canada could be easily overrun. Source: Internet

Before 1809 it was located within Lower Canada and before within the province of Quebec. Source: Internet

Canada East main Canada East was what became of the former colony of Lower Canada after being united into the Province of Canada. Source: Internet

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