Loyalist Migration


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1775-1783                                     American Revolution

1783                               United Empire Loyalists begin arriving in British North America

1791                                Constitutional Act creates colony of Upper Canada

1792                               First Legislative Assembly in Upper Canada

1793                               York is named capital of Upper Canada

1790s                             Late Loyalists arrive

1812-1814                                       War with the United States

1815-1850                                      Great migration of British settlers to Upper Canada

1829                               Welland Canal links the Great Lakes

1830 onward                    Slaves escape into Canada using the Underground Railroad

1832                               Cholera epidemic

1834                               York renamed Toronto and becomes a city