| Organization name | Canada |
| Other names | Upper Canada |
| Date founded | 1791 |
| Org type | Government |
| Bio notes | The conclusion of the Seven Years War (1763) saw the area of New France become a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it initially governed – and with minimal change – as the Province of Quebec. Having absorbed a large influx of Loyalist refugees from the Revolutionary War, however, in 1791 this body was divided into Upper Canada (now Southern Ontario) and Lower Canada (now Quebec) to better accommodate the cultural differences of the newer English and older Canadian French settlers, giving each half its own representative assembly. The government of Upper Canada was based on the English constitution, and got its name because of its relative proximity to the headwaters of the Saint Lawrence River. Native Allies (Odawa, Ojibwe, Iroquois) were granted land in the area of Upper Canada after the Revolutionary War, and several policies were instituted to encourage displaced Loyalists to settle there. In 1793, it became the first British territory to legislate the abolition of slavery. |
| See also | Lower Canada |
| Citations | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_under_British_rule |
New York Yearly Meeting Committee on Indian Concerns Scrapbook