THE MAKING OF A PROVINCE: ONTARIO TO 1850

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• The term “Ontario” will be used throughout for the lands of the present province. Politically, the name appears in 1867. Before this, the province was part of Quebec up to 1791; then a separate province, Upper Canada, from 1791 to 1841; with a new name, Canada West, from 1841 to 1867.
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