1788 in Canada

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1788 in Canada

In 1788, Canada remained under British rule and continued to grow after the American Revolution. Loyalists kept moving north to Nova Scotia, what would become New Brunswick, and areas that would later be Ontario and Quebec, helping shape the population of eastern and central Canada. The fur trade stayed a main economic activity, with trading posts and Indigenous partnerships expanding across the region. Daily life centered on farming, fishing, and trade in the Atlantic provinces and along the St. Lawrence River. Plans for future political changes—eventually leading to the division of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada in 1791—were starting to take shape.