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*The Canadian government did not keep lists of emigrants. Before 1947, there was no Canadian citizenship separate from British, and '''Canadians moved freely throughout the British Empire'''. Before 1895, when the United States government began keeping border-crossing records, '''Canadians moved to the United States with few restrictions'''. | *The Canadian government did not keep lists of emigrants. Before 1947, there was no Canadian citizenship separate from British, and '''Canadians moved freely throughout the British Empire'''. Before 1895, when the United States government began keeping border-crossing records, '''Canadians moved to the United States with few restrictions'''. | ||
*Most immigrants to Canada arrived at the ports of '''Quebec and Halifax''', although many came to '''New York and then traveled to Canada by way of the Hudson River, [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]], and Great Lakes'''. A few arrived in '''Portland, Maine''', then traveled overland to Canada. | *Most immigrants to Canada arrived at the ports of '''Quebec and Halifax''', although many came to '''New York and then traveled to Canada by way of the Hudson River, [[Erie Canal|Erie Canal]], and Great Lakes'''. A few arrived in '''Portland, Maine''', then traveled overland to Canada. | ||
===Loyalists=== | |||
Beginning in 1784, large numbers of '''American Loyalists''' came from the United States to settle along the St. Lawrence River. Most of the earliest settlers of Upper Canada (Ontario) were natives of the United States. By 1810, eighty percent of the white population of the province was estimated to have been born in the U.S., but only 25 percent of them were Loyalists (who had arrived by 1796) or their descendants. The rest were Americans who had recently come to Canada for land or other economic opportunities. '''New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania''' were listed as states of origin of many of these "late Loyalists," as they were sometimes called. | |||
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