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British Canada 
1 Hist. that part of Canada ceded to the British by the Treaty of Utrecht, comprising what is now the Maritime Provinces.
- 1752 [Legend] The line that parts French Canada from British Canada was settled by the Commissaries after the Peace of Utrecht. . . .
2 the English-speaking provinces of Canada, as opposed to French Canada.
- 1825 The grumblers to Southern climes may roam British Canada. . . .
- 1839 It seems expedient . . . that the leading men of . . . British Canada should assemble at the most central spot--say Montreal--for the purpose of organizing the proposed agitation.
- 1927 It was not until near the close of the last century that the spirit of inquiry, born of a sense of national pride, found available the raw materials from which to construct the story of the development of British Canada.
- 1752 [Legend] The line that parts French Canada from British Canada was settled by the Commissaries after the Peace of Utrecht. . . .