notwithstanding. The drive to form labour unions in Upper Canada resulted from a fundamental change in the way building projects in Toronto were contracted. The...

There were two types of corporations at work in the Upper Canadian economy: the legislatively chartered companies and the unregulated joint stock companies...

Upper Canada (now Ontario) had few exports with which to pay for its imported manufactured needs. For those who settled in rural areas, debt could be paid...

The Province of Upper Canada (French: province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern...

The Reform movement in Upper Canada was a political movement in British North America in the mid-19th century. It started as a rudimentary grouping of...

The Upper Canada Rebellion was an insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in December...

of Upper Canada was the legislature for Upper Canada. It was created when the old Province of Quebec was split into Upper Canada and Lower Canada by the...

describe the scope of the problem of debt in Upper Canada; as early as 1827, the eleven district jails in the province had a capacity of 298 cells, of...

The Executive Council of Upper Canada had a similar function to the Cabinet in England but was not responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Members of...

sent for or invited to work in the host country before leaving the home country. The International Labour Organization estimated in 2019 that there were...

increased. In 1900, American workers worked 50% more than their counterparts today. The World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization estimated...

Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island Anti-Confederation Party Confederation Party Parties in Upper Canada and Canada West (now Ontario) Clear...

would, and ... might leave his master at will." Upper Canada passed the Act Against Slavery in 1793, one of the earliest anti-slavery acts in the world...

of Upper Canada was the elected part of the legislature for the province of Upper Canada, functioning as the lower house in the Parliament of Upper Canada...

In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada. These two colonies were collectively referred to as the Canadas until...

The Legislative Council of Upper Canada was the upper house governing the province of Upper Canada. Modelled after the British House of Lords, it was...

Store. A short-lived Labour Exchange was also founded in 1836 in Kingston, Upper Canada. Robert Owen was resolutely apolitical, and initially pursued a...

appointed Upper Canada's first Lieutenant-Governor in 1793. Owing to grievances from the impressment of American sailors by the British, and suspected...

establish a strong community in Canada. They built churches, community centres, and cultural organizations to preserve their language and traditions. After 1920...

safety and health. (EU) European Agency for Safety & Health at Work (EU-OSHA) (UN) International Labour Organization (ILO) (Canada) Canadian Centre for...

economic and judicial power in Upper Canada (today's Ontario) from the 1810s to the 1840s. It was the Upper Canadian equivalent of the Château Clique in Lower...

are (according to the International Labour Organization’s Convention No. 189 and the International Organization for Migration) any persons "moving to...

Perspectives on labour and income, Quarterly, Catalogue 75-001E, Autumn 1989. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, pp. 64–69. "Women wanting work, but not looking...

Environment, Culture, and Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada (2010) Cohen, Marjorie Griffin. Women's Work, Markets, and Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century...

among Zionists and Zionist organizations, and was seen as the Zionist faction of the historic Jewish labour movements of Eastern Europe and Central Europe...

before World War I. In 2015, the International Labour Organization (ILO), based on national surveys or censuses of 232 countries and territories, estimated...

Law Society of Upper Canada, the Supreme Court of Canada established that "'research' must be given a large and liberal interpretation in order to ensure...

countries and territories by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization. Poverty is...

result of the rebellions, the Province of Canada was created from the former Lower Canada and Upper Canada. The rebellion had been preceded by nearly...

Rebellion of 1837 and the Family Compact plotted to have it taken over by the Bank of Montreal in 1840. Until 1835, every bank in Upper Canada required a legislated...