Seeking a Better Future: The English Pioneers of Ontario and Quebec Book

List of Maps
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1        Canada’s Appeal to the English
Chapter 2        The Loyalist immigrants
Chapter 3        South and west of Montreal
Chapter 4        The Eastern Townships
Chapter 5        The Ottawa Valley
Chapter 6        West along Lake Ontario
Chapter 7        The Lake Erie and Thames Valley Settlements
Chapter 8        The rest of the Western Peninsula
Chapter 9        Later emigration from England
Chapter 10      The Sea Crossing
Chapter 11      The English in Ontario and Quebec
Appendix I:     Emigrant ship crossings from English ports to the port of Quebec
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

List of Maps
1.  Reference map of England
2.  Reference map of Ontario and Quebec
3.  Loyalist placements along the Richelieu River, 1775-1785
4.  Loyalists in Upper Canada
5.  Loyalists in the Gaspé Peninsula
6.  Yorkshire origins of the Lacolle settlers
7.  English settlers in the Chateauguay and Richelieu valleys
8.  English settlers in Vaudreuil County
9.  English concentrations in the Eastern Townships
10.  Parish-assisted emigration from Norfolk and Suffolk to the Eastern Townships, 1835-37
11.  English concentrations in Argenteuil County
12.  English concentrations in the Ottawa Valley
13.  English concentrations in Northumberland, Peterborough, Durham, Victoria, Ontario, York, Simcoe, Peel and Halton counties
14. English concentrations in Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford and Brant counties
15. English concentrations in Essex and Kent counties
16. Principal locations of the Petworth settlers in Upper Canada in the 1830s, based on the addresses given in their letters
17. English concentrations in Wellington, Waterloo, Perth, Huron, Bruce and Grey counties
18. English concentrations in Northern Ontario

List of Tables
1. People from Kettlestone parish in Norfolk who wished to emigrate to the Eastern     Townships, 1836.
2.  An account of the first settlement of Hull Township, 1820.
3.  Payments made to poor people from Alston parish (Cumberland) who are to emigrate to Upper Canada in 1832.
4.  Emigrant departures from English ports to Quebec by region.
5. Paupers assisted to emigrate from Stockbury parish (Kent) to Upper Canada in 1837.
6.  Paupers from Brinkworth parish (Wiltshire) who sailed from London to Quebec in 1842 in the Eliza.
7.  Passengers from Brinkworth parish (Wiltshire) who sailed from London to Quebec in 1843 in the Toronto.
8.  Passengers from Brinkworth parish (Wiltshire) who sailed from London to Quebec in 1847 in the Lloyd.
9.  Passengers from Brinkworth parish (Wiltshire) who sailed from London to Quebec in 1852 in the Leonard Dobbin.
10. Destitute Chelsea Pensioners who had settled in Medonte Township (Simcoe County) by 1833.
11. Receipts for Downton emigrant accommodation and food/drink while staying at the Quebec Hotel, Portsmouth, May 19-24, 1835.
12. Passenger list for the crossing of the King William in April, 1836 from London to Quebec with 279 paupers from Wiltshire.
13. Emigration expenses funded by East Drayton parish (Nottinghamshire) in 1846 on behalf of the Hempstall family.
14. Partial passenger list for the crossing of the Caroline in May, 1832 from London to Quebec.
15. Working Men’s National Emigration Association: list of people from London who went to Lennoxville in the Eastern Townships, 1870.
16. Cotton workers from Bolton in Lancashire who emigrated to Ontario and Quebec, 1912-1927.
17. Selected Emigrant Ships: Ship Quality and Passenger Numbers.