Lower and Upper Canada was created through the separation of the old province of Quebec
The Quebec Act was replaced by the Constitutional Act of 1791 officially creating Upper and Lower Canada.
The population of Nova Scotia doubled, while the Province of Québec became, for the first time, home to a large contingent of English speakers.
Most Loyalists settled in Nova Scotia
8,000 Loyalists sought refuge in the "Province of Québec," while 35,600 fled to Nova Scotia.
removal of France as a North American power increased the confidence of British colonies
Lost Sugar Islands
removal of France as a North American power increased the confidence of British colonies
The Quebec Act enlarged the boundaries of the Province of Quebec to include Labrador, Ile d'Anticosti and Iles de la Madeleine to the east, and the Aboriginal territory south of the Great Lakes between the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to the west.
Great Britain lost 2.5 million subjects
Loyalists were dissatisfied with the privileges granted by the Quebec Act to the French language population, and they put pressure on the British administration.
