Editing Upper Canada (section)

====Canadiens/French-Canadians====
{{main|French Canadian|franco Ontarian}}

Early settlements in the region include the Mission of [[Sainte-Marie among the Hurons]] at [[Midland, Ontario|Midland]] in 1649, [[Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|Sault Ste. Marie]] in 1668, and [[Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit]] in 1701. Southern Ontario was part of the ''Pays d'en-haut'' (Upper Country) of [[New France]], and later part of the province of Quebec until Quebec was split into Upper and [[Lower Canada]] in 1791. The first wave of settlement in the [[Detroit]]/Windsor area came in the 18th century during the French regime. A second wave came in the 19th and early 20th centuries to the areas of Eastern Ontario and Northeastern Ontario. In the [[Ottawa Valley]], in particular, some families have moved back and forth across the Ottawa River for generations (the river is the border between Ontario and Quebec). In the city of [[Ottawa]] some areas such as Vanier and Orleans have a rich Franco-heritage where families often have members on both sides of the [[Ottawa River]].