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Growth And The Standard Of Living In A Pioneer Economy: Upper Canada, 1826 To 1851

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  • Frank D. Lewis

    (Queen's University)

  • M.C. Urquhart

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Building on the work of McCalla, McInnis and others we describe the early income of Upper Canada over the period 1826 to 1851. The Municipal Assessments, which report ownership of land, livestock and other property, allow us to develop conjectural estimates of farm income; and various Provincial Accounts help us describe the pattern of trade as well as the development of the school system. Although we find little evidence of intensive growth in that per capita incomes stayed about the same over the period, there were remarkable increases in aggregate output and population.

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  • Frank D. Lewis & M.C. Urquhart, 1997. "Growth And The Standard Of Living In A Pioneer Economy: Upper Canada, 1826 To 1851," Working Paper 950, Economics Department, Queen's University.
    • Handle: RePEc:qed:wpaper:950
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    Cited by:

    1. Sun Go & Peter H. Lindert, 2007. "The Curious Dawn of American Public Schools," NBER Working Papers 13335, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Ann Carlos & Frank D. Lewis, 2010. "Property Rights, Standards Of Living, And Economic Growth: Western Canadian Cree," Working Paper 1232, Economics Department, Queen's University.

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    Keywords

    Ontario; Standard of living; Income; Upper Canada;
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    JEL classification:

    • N31 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N51 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913
    • N71 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services - - - U.S.; Canada: Pre-1913

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