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British Canadian 
1 a Canadian of British ancestry.
- 1850 In this trying moment there was nothing to look to but the determined loyalty of the British Canadians themselves.
- 1917 Their scheme appeals to only a portion . . . of the Canadians of British descent; to the remaining British Canadians it is anathema.
2 an English-speaking Canadian, as opposed to a French-speaking Canadian.
- 1837 The first paragraph would seem to point to the virtual disenfranchisement of the British Canadians, and the unmeasured ambition of the French faction, seen openly in arms against the constitution.
- 1953 . . . the failure of French-Canadians in Lower Canada (Quebec) and British-Canadians in Upper Canada (Ontario) to carry on a government acceptable to both.
- 1850 In this trying moment there was nothing to look to but the determined loyalty of the British Canadians themselves.