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Canada West was the western portion of the Province of Canada from February 10, 1841 to July 1, 1867.[1] Its boundaries were identical to those of the former province of Upper Canada.
The area of Canada West covered all of modern-day southern Ontario and all those
areas of
Canada West was not a political entity, but a geographic way of referring to the former Upper Canada, following its merger into the united Province of Canada. Canada West was given 42 seats in the Legislative Assembly of Canada, exactly the same number as Canada East.
The area was named Ontario under the British North America Act of 1867.
The population of Canada West had grown substantially during the period it existed, mostly due to unprecedented immigration and a high birth rate. In 1841 it was 455,000 but grew to approximately 1,500,000 people or more than 300% at the time of Confederation in 1867.
Censuses were conducted in 1851[1] and 1861 and the population in those years was 952,004 and 1,396,091 respectively.[2]
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