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Life
in
Canada

by
Thomas Conant,
Author of “Upper Canada Sketches.”

Toronto
William Briggs
1903

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Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the yearone thousand nine hundred and three, by Thomas Conant, at theDepartment of Agriculture.

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Preface.

In the following pages will be found some contributions towards thehistory of Canada and of the manners and customs of its inhabitantsduring the hundred years beginning October 5th, 1792. On that date myancestor, Roger Conant, a graduate of Yale University, and aMassachusetts landowner, set foot on Canadian soil as a United EmpireLoyalist. From him and from his descendants—handed down from father toson—there have come to me certain historical particulars which I regardas a trust and which I herewith give to the public. I am of the opinionthat it is in such plain and unvarnished statements that futurehistorians of our country will find their best materials, and Itherefore feel constrained to do my share towards the task of supplyingthem.

The population of Canada is but five and one-third millions, but who cantell what it will be in a few decades? We may be sure that when ourpopulation rivals that of the United States to-day, and when our{vi}numerous seats of learning have duly leavened the mass of our people,any reliable particulars as to the early history of our country will bemost eagerly sought for.

As a native resident of the premier Province of Ontario, where myancestors from Roger Conant onwards also spent their lives, I havenaturally dealt chiefly with affairs and happenings in what has hithertobeen the most important province of the Dominion, and which possesses atleast half of the inhabitants of the entire country. But I have not theslightest desire to detract from the merits and historical interest ofthe other provinces.

Thomas Conant.

Oshawa, January, 19

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