[2] Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies.

The new colony, known as the Province of Canada, was created by the Act of Union 1840 passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, having effect in 1841.

The former name of "Lower Canada" came back into official use in 1849, and as of Canadian Confederation of 1867 it formed the newly created province of Quebec.

The most important farm products were potatoes, rye, buckwheat, maple sugar and livestock[citation needed].

At the time of Confederation (1867), Montreal was the largest city of the British North American colonies, with a population of 107,225.

People supported construction of a railway through Canada East to Halifax to provide an all-British route for trade and defence.

In the woods, hundreds of workers cut down trees, then floated the logs down the St. Lawrence River during the spring floods.

Factories in the District of Canada East made windows, shingles, washboards, and door frames.