Ontario

===Province of Quebec (1763–1791)===
{{Main|Province of Quebec (1763–1791)}} [[File:United Empire Loyalist Statue in Hamilton, Ontario.jpg|thumb|A monument in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]] commemorating the [[United Empire Loyalists]], a group of settlers who fled the [[United States]] during or after the [[American Revolution]]]]
In 1782–1784, 5,000 [[United Empire Loyalist]]s entered what is now Ontario following the [[American Revolution]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle= Ontario |volume= 20 | pages = 113–117: see pages 115 and 116 |quote= History. —... |last1= Grant |first1= William Lawson }}</ref> The Kingdom of Great Britain granted them {{convert|200|acre|abbr=on}} land and other items with which to rebuild their lives.<ref name="thefrenchshouldvewon"/> The British also set up reserves in Ontario for the [[Mohawk people|Mohawks]] who had fought for the British and had lost their land in New York state. Other Iroquois, also displaced from New York were resettled in 1784 at the [[Six Nations of the Grand River|Six Nations]] reserve at the west end of Lake Ontario. The Mississaugas, displaced by European settlements, would later move to Six Nations also.

After the American War of Independence, the first reserves for First Nations were established. These are situated at [[Six Nations of the Grand River|Six Nations]] (1784), [[Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory|Tyendinaga]] (1793) and [[Akwesasne]] (1795). Six Nations and Tyendinaga were established by the British for those Indigenous groups who had fought on the side of the British, and were expelled from the new United States. Akwesasne was a pre-existing Mohawk community and its borders were formalized under the 1795 [[Jay Treaty]].

In 1788, while part of the province of Quebec, southern Ontario was divided into four [[District#Ontario|districts]]: [[Western District, Upper Canada|Hesse]], [[Eastern District, Upper Canada|Lunenburg]], [[Midland District, Upper Canada|Mecklenburg]], and [[Home District|Nassau]]. In 1792, the four districts were renamed: Hesse became the Western District, Lunenburg became the Eastern District, Mecklenburg became the Midland District, and Nassau became the Home District. Counties were created within the districts.

The population of Canada west of the St. Lawrence-Ottawa River confluence substantially increased during this period, a fact recognized by the [[Constitutional Act 1791|''Constitutional Act'' of 1791]], which split Quebec into [[the Canadas]]: [[Upper Canada]] southwest of the St. Lawrence-Ottawa River confluence, and [[Lower Canada]] east of it.