Generally, the historical literature presents the period from 1817 to 1851 in Lower Canada (modern day Québec) as one … cannot perfectly quantity the effect of free banking on economic growth in Lower Canada, we can be certain that its effect on …

This paper uses the censuses of 1842 of Canada East (modern day Quebec) and Canada West (modern day Ontario) to help … explain the historical differences in living standards between Canada and the United States. The argument made in this paper … is that Canada East was substantially poorer than the rest of Canada. The wage and price data contained in the censuses …

During the colonial era, the French colonial government in Canada experimented with paper money printed on the back of …

This study creates estimates of GDP per capita for Canada from 1688 to 1790 in order to evaluate Canadian growth before … the 19th century and generate international comparisons of living standards. These estimates show that Canada experienced … little growth during the period and growth reversals were frequent. The income-based comparisons reveal that Canada was …

Dominion Bureau of Statistics, the agency that evolved into Statistics Canada, produced consistent and almost indisputable …

At present there are two general points of view on the economy of early Canada. The dominant viewpoint is that the … approximations of real gross domestic product for early Canada. Comprehensive and accurate censuses prepared for Canada by colonial … per capita output series and growth rate, and permit for empirically grounded comparisons of early Canada with British …