The Houses Of The Richer Classes
Are Fully Equal To Those In The Suburbs Of Montreal; While No Old
Dilapidated Dwellings, Like Those Which Appear In That City, Are Here
Visible.
There are many fine public buildings - St. Lawrence Hall, the
Banks, the Parliament House, and many others.
The grounds of King's
College are well worth a visit. Toronto is at present the seat of
Government, and the Governor-General resides here.
"This city, and its people, present many points of favourable contrast
with the older cities and population of Lower Canada. The soil and
climate may perhaps be more favourable, and the vicinity of American
energy may have some effect; but the secret of the greater growth of
this province may be traced to its settlement by American Loyalists in
1783. These men, driven away from their country by their adherence to
the British Crown, here found a refuge and new home. The whole land
along the St. Lawrence, above the French settlements, was formed into
townships, and farms were allotted to these, the 'United Empire
Loyalists,' who thus became the fathers of Upper Canada. The population
of Upper Canada was not more than 210,000 in 1830, now it is nearly
1,000,000. Much of the land in the Province is equal to any in the
world; and nature seems to have given every aid to the formation of a
great country. All that is wanting would seem to be that independence,
which, with all its reputed vices, would appear to be the condition of
Anglo-Saxon progress.
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