Canada+in+the+1800s

In the 1800s and earlier, Canada was called British North America. It was made up of the colonies: Canada West (now, central and southern Ontario) and Canada East (now, the eastern part of Quebec), as well as Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Rupert's Land (now, the Northern parts of Ontario and Quebec as well as Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) were controlled by the Hudson's Bay Company, so was New Caledonia (now called British Columbia). Rupert's Land was not considered "Canada" - it was privately owned by Hudson's Bay Company - a fur company. [|BNA in the mid 1800s.doc]

York Street, Toronto in the 1850's



York Street, Toronto 2010



Canadian Firefighters (Toronto Fire Department), 1850s



Caledonia, Ontario 1880s