Proper noun
Upper Canada
(historical) A former British colony located in what is now southern Ontario.
Afua Cooper, "Acts of Resistance: Black Men and Women Engage Slavery in Upper Canada, 1793-1803," Ontario History, Spring 2007, Vol. 99 Issue 1, pp 5–17 It is estimated that thousands of escaped slaves entered Upper Canada from the United States. Source: Internet
After Tecumseh's death, the British ceased to aid the Native Americans south and west of Upper Canada and American expansion proceeded with little resistance. Source: Internet
Americans then believed that many men in Upper Canada would rise up and greet an American invading army as liberators. Source: Internet
Committed to the voluntarist principle of rejecting government funding they decided against joining the 'United Synod of Upper Canada' and on Christmas Day 1834 formed the 'Missionary Presbytery of the Canadas'. Source: Internet
First operated under a royal charter by the Wesleyan Methodists as Upper Canada Academy, in 1841 it obtained a provincial charter under the name of Victoria College, giving it power to grant degrees. Source: Internet
By 1810, there were no slaves in Upper Canada, but the Crown did not abolish slavery throughout the Empire until 1834. Source: Internet