Module 4: Social, Economic, Political
Module 4
Social (people)
1800
Lower Canada à 160 000 people
Upper Canada à 20 000 people
1815
o 1st wave of immigration
· Irish, Scots, English
o Looking for a better life
1820-1850
1 million new people
o competing for jobs
o brought disease
o overcrowding land
1840
Lower Canada à 717 000
Upper Canada à 432 000
1851
Lower Canada à 890 000
Upper Canada à 950 000
Society in Lower Canada [...]
