. . . [and that] the latter are most interested in reducing Canada in order to settle it with their own people so as to assure their independence

send reinforcements and a new general staff under the Marquis de Montcalm* to the army in Canada, Lévis accepted the post of second in

freeholder: in two dialogues between an Englishman and a Frenchman, settled in Canada, shewing the sentiments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada concerning the late Quebeck-Act; with some remarks on the

patronage than by need. Major modernization occurred in 1917 with the abolition of statute labour for road maintenance and the establishment of the first provincial highway board in Canada to supervise rural

left school at age 11 to work in a local lead mine. A few years later, when the mine closed, the Oliver family emigrated to Canada, settling on a farm in Maryborough Township, Ont

War. He settled in New Brunswick, where he hoped to establish a landed aristocracy. Enjoying the patronage of John Simcoe (named lieutenant governor of Upper Canada), he was appointed a Supreme Court

. The visit caused a flurry of controversy. Some in Canada feared that Newfoundland had received permission to negotiate an independent treaty, while in Newfoundland there were those who felt that Shea

-Mandé (Saint Mandal). After the great Clare fire of 1820 Plessis strove, none too successfully as it turned out, to ease the Acadians’ losses by gathering alms in Lower Canada on their behalf

1837: “Lower Canada would [not] be tranquillised and restored to a proper state, till all the French distinguishing marks were utterly abolished, and the English laws, language and institutions

the moral standing of its members. . . . We have not only gained the good will of the citizens but of the insurance underwriters of Canada.” Three years later a deputation of citizens

France in 1760, d’Angeac was chosen to command the troops sent to Canada as reinforcements because of his bravery, experience, and familiarity with the region. To avoid the British, the commander of the

. Bonnycastle, Newfoundland in 1842: a sequel to “The Canadas in 1841” (2v., London, 1842). P. [A.] O’Flaherty, The rock observed: studies in the literature of Newfoundland (Toronto

to 1870, while his uncle Édouard-André Barnard* had been mainly involved in organizing contingents of Zouaves in Canada. Around 1886

. The Brothers of Christian Instruction in Canada and the United States, for whom the name of Brother Ulysse has always aroused affection and admiration, are proud of the work their founder began. A

that with over 5,000 miles the Island had more roads per capita than any province in Canada. In order to finance the provincial share of the cost the government had floated a major bond issue, which

. In 1927 the Conservative Party of Canada planned its first-ever leadership convention in Winnipeg to choose a successor to Arthur Meighen

Quebec and village St-Sauveur). Le Courrier du Canada (Québec), 6 août 1860. Le Journal de Québec, 8 mai 1856, 24 juill. 1862, 17

Charles-Frédéric-Adolphe, but he signed Charles), seigneur, businessman, and politician; b. 11 Jan. 1824 in L’Isle-Verte, Lower Canada, eldest son of Louis Bertrand and

. Bethune settled in Toronto in 1839 or 1840, where he became a director of the Bank of Upper Canada. He also took an interest in municipal politics, and in the Toronto City Council election of 1845 defeated

, ed. L. A. White (Ann Arbor, Mich., [1959]). Morris, Treaties of Canada with the Indians. Paul Kane’s frontier, including “Wanderings of an artist among the

across Canada, 1862–1863, ed. A. G. Doughty and Gustave Lanctot (Ottawa, 1931). Directory, B.C., 1877/78. J. S. Helmcken, The reminiscences of Doctor John Sebastian

. 22 Jan. 1862 in South Mountain, Upper Canada, son of Robert Hutchinson Blow and Sarah Henderson; m. 18 June 1895 Ida Jane Mulholland (1866–1943) in South Mountain, Ont., and they had two

-Laye, which restored Canada to France on 29 March 1632, marked Bochart’s debut as Commandant Émery de Caën’s lieutenant. The two men were to regain possession of Quebec’s fort, which had been in

. Boisseau departed, but he announced his early return; moreover, he left at Quebec his wife and his two children, who had been born in Canada; they did not return to France until the autumn of 1682. In Paris

Canada’s part in World War I. He demanded conscription of both manpower and wealth and he endorsed the resolution of the Western Liberal convention at Winnipeg in August 1917, which he believed

Riel Sr from Lower Canada during the summer of 1843 took the attention away from Bruneau until 1849. Bruneau did act as honorary deacon in 1845 at the ordination into the priesthood of

diocese. He was consecrated bishop on 28 October by his metropolitan, Archbishop Gauthier, in the presence of many bishops and priests representing Quebec, Ontario, western Canada, and the Maritime

began his career at the Tignish village school in 1851. Eighteen months later he returned to his studies, this time at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière in Lower Canada. He came back to Prince

biography; biographical sketches of men and women born before 1900 who played a part in public life on the Miramichi: Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada (Saint John, 1997). Diane Myles

the federal election of 1878” (ma thesis, Univ. of New Brunswick, Fredericton, 1973). Thomson, Alexander Mackenzie. Waite, Canada, 1874–96. T. W

they formed a local of the new Socialist Party of Canada, with Butler as recording secretary. On occasion Butler pondered the possibilities of “active propaganda work” in a “wider field” such as Cape

; ledger, 1775–79. McCord Museum, J.-B. Blondeau, account book, 1777–87. PAC, MG 19, A2, ser.1, 3. PRO, CO 700, Canada no.38E. Univ. of Notre Dame Arch. (Notre Dame, Ind.), Wisconsin diocesan

 Oct. 1814 he was appointed lieutenant in the Indian Department of Upper Canada. He was employed as an interpreter under Lieutenant-Colonel Robert

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: experiences of a missionary in 1875–76, intro. J. E. Nix (Calgary, 1970). Morris, Treaties of Canada with the Indians. The papers of the Palliser expedition, 1857–1860, ed

, linking Halifax with the Canadas, should be a branch line from Shediac to Saint John. Over the years the paper also encouraged reform in the treatment of

. In 1786 he returned to sea in command of the Thisbe, in which he took Lord Dorchester [Carleton*] to Canada. Two years later he

Brunswick under the patronage of the New England Company,” 14 Aug. 1822). Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Can., Canada’s residential schools: the history, part 1, origins to 1939

minority in Canada West. In public debates on the subject of union he used the common arguments for the scheme. His first public utterance appeared in a letter to the editor of the Halifax Morning

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generally (Halifax, [1840]). BLHU, R. G. Dun & Co. credit ledger, Canada, 11: 222. PANS, MG 1, 544; MG 100, 128, no.18; RG 1

son, Lucius, also a navy captain. Curtis’s connection with Canada came at the beginning of an illustrious career when he was a young and ambitious

Canadiens français, 1763–1846 . . . (Montréal, 1939). Canada and its provinces; a history of the Canadian people and their institutions . . . , ed. Adam Shortt and A

Brunswick, Canada, 1773–1919 (Saint John, N.B., 1960). Raymond, River St. John (1910), 304–12. E. C. Wright, The Miramichi

 Jan. 1801, at the age of 56, in the faubourg Sainte-Marie (Montreal), Lower Canada. Educated in both Ireland and France, John Dease

1830s, citing the troubled circumstances in Lower Canada, he had refused a post as justice of the peace. He died on 9 June 1837 – after an illness of several months, according to his doctor

. 25 Aug. 1841 in Cacouna, Lower Canada, of unknown parents, adopted son of Hilary Gagnon and Adeline Pelletier, of Cacouna; d. 11 Aug. 1892 in Saint-Épiphane, Que

to transform Cape Breton into Canada’s strongest Scottish enclave. Anxious for settlers, Despard offered them land and financial assistance. This quick action and successful land and financial policies