of the government of Canada and as long as we have a government operated road, the government . . . will ask for recommendations from its friends and not [from] those who are opposed to it

FLYNN, EDMUND JAMES, lawyer, professor, politician, and judge; b. 16 Nov. 1847 in Percé, Lower Canada, son of James Flynn, a

GARNEAU, PIERRE, businessman and politician; b. 8 May 1823 in Cap-Santé, Lower Canada, son of François-Xavier Garneau, a

. After the cessation of hostilities the Chevalier made known his intention of remaining in Canada, as we learn from several military rolls of 1760. He made preparations, however, for a trip to France

), civil servant; b. 10 June 1865 in Trois-Rivières, Lower Canada, son of Laurent-Ubalde-Archibald Genest, a clerk, and Emma McCallum; m. first 31 Oct. 1883 Charlotte-Annie (Anna

, and bishop; b. 12 Oct. 1838 in Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada, fifth of the 12 children of Nicolas Gravel, a farmer, and his second wife, Julie Boiteau; d. 28 Jan

platform for his own organization. He had made his first lecture tour of the United States in 1896. During his fund-raising trips through Canada and the eastern states in 1901 and 1902, he became more aware

: “I am the oldest English Canadian in Canada and the largest landholder in this district [Trois-Rivières].” Looking beyond honours, Hart aspired to

, teacher, and bishop, b. 30 Dec. 1849 at Saint-Anselme, Lower Canada, son of François Labrecque (Labreque), a farmer, and Emélie Lemelin; d. 3 June 1932 in Chicoutimi (Saguenay), Que

Canada and its Montreal chapter were founded. Marie joined in, participating for the first time in an organized movement that saw the common situation of women as one of the most glaring contemporary

delivered in his honour throughout New Brunswick and across Canada. Landry was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Thomas parish at Memramcook. In September 1955 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of

sought to enlist Highlanders for a proposed settlement in Upper Canada. He became Selkirk’s principal agent in the recruitment of potential emigrants and met much opposition from the landholders in the

conceived to be a less disturbed colony than Canada.” On 1 Nov. 1839, for £100 currency, he acquired from Charles Worrell

, Canada under Louis XIV. Lanctot, Histoire du Canada, II.

several wounds from which he suffered all his life. Brouillan came to Canada in 1687, as captain of a company. He had previously been a Protestant, but

, ed. A. J. M. Smith (rev. ed., Chicago and Toronto, 1949); Narrative verse satire in Maritime Canada, 1779–1814, ed. T. B. Vincent (Ottawa, 1978); and The New

affairs for the province of Canada, but a new governor, Sir Charles Metcalfe*, was appointed before negotiations were completed

drastic cuts in services, the province had weakened its case for better financial terms of union with the rest of Canada, for which it had long been contending. Fraser beat the cabinet to the punch by

liabilities of the Province of Canada. The hard and bitter three-way negotiations between Quebec, Ontario, and the federal government ended on 3 Sept. 1870 with an arbitration ruling highly favourable to

of Canada. Despite his grievances the bishop of Chatham was no firebrand. The cause of the

land promotion and development companies, the most important being the Calgary and Edmonton Land Company and the Canada Land and Investment Company. Ross served as president of both, but he was also

class to developments in neighbouring colonies. It was readily apparent from the Royal Gazette how far Newfoundland lagged behind the Canadas, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and even Prince Edward

refused point blank, declaring, “it is so easy to misjudge men that I must decline to suggest anyone to you for Canada” (BN, Mélanges Colbert, 112 bis, f.573). Bishop Laval was equally reluctant to make the

molested with impunity. With the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in 1632, France recovered Acadia and Canada. Isaac de

transubstantiation. Cochrane felt that these could be dispensed with, as in Lower Canada, but the justices present doubted the legality of this procedure and Burke was not seated. The governor immediately made it

(Terrebonne), Lower Canada, son of Aimé Taillon, a farmer, and Josephte Daunais; m. 14 July 1875 in L’Assomption, Que., Georgiana Archambault, widow of Candide Bruneau and daughter of Pierre-Urgel

. 28 April 1838 at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (La Pérade), Lower Canada, son of François-Xavier Trudel and Julie Langevin; d. 17 Jan. 1890 in Montreal, Que

measure, and, on 3 April, the new rear-admiral of the white squadron was made commander-in-chief of a secret expedition aimed at the conquest of Canada

left for Upper Canada were “not quite so culpable” but were “influenced by the same extraordinary caprice.” Ironically, relief finally came to Winslow

doubt it was because he was a well-travelled man of the world that Shelburne recommended him to accompany Lord John Pitt, eldest son of the Earl of Chatham, to Canada. But in March 1774 Thomas

King* had announced a Canada-wide plebiscite to release himself from his promise not to impose conscription for overseas service. For the most part, Union Nationale mla

Upper Canada, he simply advocated an elective legislative council. Apparently he thought that an exact copy of British institutions was unsuited to a small colony like Nova Scotia and that two elective

Canadian settlements along the south shore of the St Lawrence. In a devastating surprise attack in August 1689 (news of the declaration of war had reached the English colonies before it reached Canada

, and businessman; b. c. 1750 in Strath Errick, Scotland, son of John McTavish of Garthbeg; d. 6 July 1804 in Montreal, Lower Canada

anyone could stave off union with Canada, it was solid anti-confederates like Haythorne, Palmer, and David Laird*, another ex-Tory who had changed

Wilmot* and William Crane, met with the new colonial secretary, Lord Glenelg, that summer. Faced with a steadily worsening situation in the Canadas, Glenelg readily acceded to the demands of the

French colony. Of those who spoke languages belonging to the three linguistic families in eastern Canada (Algonquian, Iroquoian, and Inuktitut), only the smaller group of Inuktitut-speaking people long

have obtained a letter exonerating him which he could deliver to his superiors, who he was afraid would accuse him of deserting the missions. Returning to France, the Jesuit embarked again for Canada and

 Sept. 1787 in Rivière-des-Prairies (Montreal), son of Jean-Baptiste Archambault and Marie-Angélique Hachin, dit Baron; d. 20 Feb. 1858 in Vaudreuil, Lower Canada

ARCHAMBEAULT (Archambault), LOUIS, notary and politician; b. 7 Nov. 1814 at Longue-Pointe (Montreal), Lower Canada, son of

imprints, 1751–1800 (Toronto, 1952), 287–88, 521, 668–69. [T. B. Akins], History of Halifax City (Halifax, 1895; repr. Belleville, Ont., 1973). Canada’s smallest prov. (Bolger

administrator, and schools founder; b. 15 Oct. 1861 in Saint-Paul-d’Abbotsford, Lower Canada, daughter of Guillaume Bengle, a farmer, and Philomène Pion; d. 13 March 1937 in Montreal

applied for a position on the bench of Upper Canada in 1791. He had also been lonely for some time and in 1786, “weary of this cursed Celibacy,” he had begun to search for a wife. His eventual

Saint-Louis, 147–48. Le Jeune, Dictionnaire, I, 533–34. Frégault, Canada: the war of the conquest. McLennan

Conroy*, the apostolic delegate to Canada, to mediate the disputes were unsuccessful. By 1879 new strife with the BIS, the Presentation sisters, and the clergy made Carfagnini’s position untenable, and

-ÉDOUARD, farmer, office holder, and politician; b. 10 Jan. 1866 in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada, son of Édouard Caron, a farmer, and

in Canada,” American Institute of Mining Engineers, Trans. (New York), 14 (1885–86): 508–42. “Les Méthot,” BRH, 39 (1933): 80–81. Léa Pétrin, “Industrie et commerce à Québec: un

, became chief justice of Lower Canada and the last, Ward Chipman Jr, chief justice of New Brunswick. A number of the others, including Stephen

). Henry Joseph Clarke came to Lower Canada with his parents at the age of three. His father was employed by the customs department in Montreal, where he later became a councillor and alderman. Henry was

Boulton*, lately dismissed by Goderich from his office as attorney general of Upper Canada and appointed chief justice (and thus a member of the council) in Newfoundland in 1833 by Goderich’s successor