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    Canada East reached from Montreal and the Eastern Townships in the south, along both sides of the St. Lawrence River, to the Gaspé peninsula in the northeast and the Ottawa River in the west. Rupert's Land, to the northwest, was chartered to the Hudson's Bay Company. The population of Canada East in 1840 was estimated to be 670,000. About 510,000 p...

    Britain had hoped that uniting Upper and Lower Canada would assimilate the French-Canadian population into the overall English-speaking majority of the Province of Canada. Both Canada East and West were given equal numbers of seats in the colonial legislature, even though the East’s population was at first significantly larger (670,000 compared to ...

    A minority Anglophone merchant class largely controlled the economy. They ran the timber, canal and railway companies, banks, trading houses and other businesses based in Montreal. French-speaking society in Canada East was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church and clergy. They also largely controlled matters of education. Most French habitants we...

    In 1848, a political reform movement replaced the conservative forces that had long controlled the elected assembly. The movement was led by Robert Baldwin in Canada West and Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine in Canada East. Along with reformers in Nova Scotia, the co-premiers convinced imperial leaders in Britain to grant responsible government to the Br...

    The riots fueled sentiments among English Canadians that Canada East was now over-represented in the legislature. This led to calls for true representation by population. In the 1840s, Canada West benefitted from having a disproportionately large number of seats, thanks to a smaller population. By the 1850s, its population was the bigger of the two...

    This and other divisive issues — such as government funding for Catholic schools throughout the colony — made English Protestants in Canada West suspicious of unchecked French Catholic power. Many French Canadians, on the other hand, viewed such matters as a struggle for culturalsurvival. The rift between English and French created years of unstabl...

    In 1864, an unlikely Great Coalition sought to solve Canada's problems. The coalition included reformers led by George Brown, and conservatives led by John A. Macdonald in Canada West and George-Etienne Cartier in Canada East. They decided to create a new federation of all British North American colonies. Negotiations began with the Maritime coloni...

  1. Liberal Party of Canada: Don Valley East: Michael Coteau: Liberal Party of Canada: Don Valley North: Han Dong: Liberal Party of Canada: Don Valley West: Rob Oliphant: Liberal Party of Canada: Dufferin—Caledon: Kyle Seeback: Conservative Party of Canada: Durham: Hon. Erin O'Toole: Conservative Party of Canada: Eglinton—Lawrence: Hon. Marco ...

  2. Sep 24, 2021 · Six charts to help you understand the 2021 federal election. These visualizations help tell the story of Canada’s 44th federal election. CTVNews.ca breaks down the percentage of total votes won ...

  3. Feb 7, 2006 · In 1841, Britain united the colonies of Upper and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. This was in response to the violent rebellions of 1837–38. The Durham Report (1839) recommended the guidelines to create the new colony with the Act of Union. The Province of Canada was made up of Canada West (formerly Upper Canada) and Canada East ...

  4. Canada West was bordered by the Ottawa River in the east, Lake Superior in the west and Lake Erie in the south. Rupert's Land, to the north, was chartered to the Hudson's Bay Company. The population of Canada West was about 480,000. This included Indigenous people, British settlers and Loyalists from the United States.

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  6. Sep 24, 2021 · The Liberals won only 8 ridings across Canada where they garnered more than 60%. In the chart above, compare the popular vote the top 6 parties received in 2021, compared with 2019.

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