Learn about life in Lower Canada, and in other parts of “the Canadas” around 1820, by navigating through the various topics in the menu at right!


Below you will find resources, activities and projects that students can use as they process information about this specific society and territory. Want more free educator resources? Click on the purple “educators” button, located in the top menu of this website or the teacher’s corner search page.

Task Cards: Lower Canada around 1820
Competency Synthesis Placemats
Lower Canada around 1820: Text Version
Be a History Detective! Image & Document Investigations
Interactive Model: Lower Canada around 1820
Analysis of historical documents: How did the lumber trade in Lower Canada work around 1820?
Cartograf scenario: Prominent Individuals 1820
Cartograf Scenario: The Constitutional Act of 1791 (LBPSB)
Cartograf scenario: English territories in North America, 1763 (LPBSB)
Cartograf Scenarios: Montreal in 1820
Cartograf Scenarios: The Quebec Act, 1774 (LBPSB)
Establish Facts: Lower Canada around 1820
Loyalists website – Guides, materials and Student site.
1820s: Choose your character – all on one page
Once Upon a Time in the 1820s – LES and STUDENT SITE
Times of Change SMARTBoard Tools: Section B: CHANGES IN DAILY LIFE
Cycle 3 SMARTBoard tools: Government-Making of a Country
The Loyalists: Kids’ Zone