Montreal District

This article is about the regional district named Montreal. For the districts of the city of Montreal, see Districts of Montreal.

Montreal District was colonial district with its capital in Montreal. A descendant of the district exists today as the judicial district of Montreal.

History

The district was created as a district of Canada, New France.

When the British conquered Canada in 1760, the district of Montreal remained the same as that under the former French regime.[1] Under British administration, it was one of three division of the former Province of Quebec from 1763 to 1791. Reapportioned in 1763, it included much of modern-day Quebec, Labrador and most of southern Ontario. The meetings of the District were called the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace.

In 1788 western sections Montreal District became:

These four were then organized as Upper Canada in 1791.

In 1791 Montreal District was dissolved into 27 new districts in the new province of Lower Canada. Labrador was part of British Quebec after 1774 and part of Lower Canada until 1809.

Other District

British Quebec

Besides Montreal, the British Province of Quebec had two other districts:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gerald E. Hart (1888). The Fall of New France, 1755-1760. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 150.
  2. 1 2 Donald Fyson (2012-09-20). "The Court Structure of Quebec and Lower Canada, 1764 to 1860".
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