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- Nineteenth Century County Maps of Canada are considered an invaluable source of settlement history for eastern Canada. These large wall maps usually covered one, but sometimes two or three counties, and included such features as the survey grid, roads, railroads, towns, buildings, and most importantly the names of the rural residents.
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Bruce County 16. Carleton County 39. Dufferin County 42. Dundas County 34. Durham County 25. Elgin County 4. Essex County 1. Frontenac County 31. Glengarry County 36.
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- 1840
- 1867
- 1870 to 1873
- 1874 to 1882
- 1884 to 1905
- 1912
- 1920 to 1949
- 1999
The following maps provide a picture of Canada’s territorial evolution, from 1840 to 1999.
The Act of Union, passed in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, abolished the legislatures of Lower Canada and Upper Canada. It established a new political entity, the Province of Canada, to replace them.
The new Dominion of Canada is no larger than Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the land near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the St. Lawrence River and the north side of the Great Lakes.
1870 – The British government transfers control of the North-Western Territory to Canada. The Hudson’s Bay Company sells Rupert’s Land to the new nation. The Province of Manitoba is created out of this vast area. The new province, made up of land around the Red River, is small by Canadian standards – 36,000 km². The rest of the newly acquired land is called the Northwest Territories.
1871 – The colony of British Columbia becomes a province of Canada.
1874 – Boundaries for the Province of Ontario are expanded.
1876 – The District of Keewatin is created from part of the Northwest Territories.
1880 – Britain transfers ownership of the islands of the Arctic Archipelago to Canada.
1881 – Manitoba’s boundaries are extended for the first time. The new area added to Manitoba was part of the area given to Ontario in 1874. This causes conflict between Manitoba and her neighbouring province.
1889 – The boundary dispute between Manitoba and Ontario is settled in Ontario’s favour. Ontario’s borders are enlarged northward.
1895 – The districts of Ungava, Franklin, Mackenzie and Yukon are created in the Northwest Territories.
1898 – Quebec’s boundaries are extended northward; the District of Keewatin is enlarged and the District of Yukon becomes a separate territory.
1903 – A boundary dispute between British Columbia and Alaska is settled.
The boundaries of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba are extended northward to Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait.
1920 – Boundaries are established among the districts of the Northwest Territories.
1927 – The Quebec-Labrador boundary is defined by the Judicial Committee of the British Privy Council.
The Northwest Territories are divided to create Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory, in the Eastern Arctic.
Click on one of the dates below to see maps showing the evolution of the district and county system from 1788 to 1899. 1788 | 1792 | 1798 | 1826 | 1838 | 1845 | 1851 | 1882 | 1899. Note the following when researching records of early southern Ontario districts and counties:
Feb 7, 2006 · A 1906 map of Canada, showing the newly created provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and yet-to-be finalized boundaries for the North-West Territories, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
Nineteenth Century County Maps of Canada are considered an invaluable source of settlement history for eastern Canada. These large wall maps usually covered one, but sometimes two or three counties, and included such features as the survey grid, roads, railroads, towns, buildings, and most important
30. Maps in 19 th Century Canada (1870s) To make a geological map, you need a topographical map as a base. In the 19 th century, however, Canada’s topography was mostly uncharted. This meant early Geological Survey of Canada geologists had the extra work of making them.
