Editing Upper Canada (section)

====Assisted immigration====
{{main|Calton weavers|Petworth Emigration Scheme}}

The '''Calton weavers''' were a community of handweavers established in the community of [[Calton, Glasgow|Calton]], then in [[Lanarkshire]] just outside [[Glasgow]], Scotland in the 18th century.<ref>Calton is now within Glasgow itself.</ref> In the early 19th century, many of the weavers emigrated to Canada, settling in [[Carleton Place, Ontario|Carleton Place]] and other communities in eastern [[Ontario]], where they continued their trade.<ref name=campey>{{harvp|Campey|2005|p=52ff}}</ref>

In 1825, 1,878 [[Irish Immigrants]] from the city of [[Cork (city)|Cork]] arrived in the community of Scott's Plains. The British Parliament had approved an experimental emigration plan to transport poor Irish families to Upper Canada in 1822. The scheme was managed by [[Peter Robinson (1785–1838)|Peter Robinson]], a member of the Family Compact and brother of the Attorney General. Scott's Plains was renamed Peterborough in his honour.