Economy and Development of British Rule

the decline of fur economy 
after the french lost the war with the British, Scottish  English and american merchants settled in Montreal to practice the fur trade.
they replaced the french merchants because they could not compete with them.
hired french coureurs  des bois who knew the land well and the Amerindians as well.
united states created in 1783.
the Hudson bay company bought out all of its competition.
the northwest company was the only competition to the Hudson bay company.
the companies merged in 1821 after years of competition
after 1821 the fur trade was no longer in Montreal but based in Hudson's bay

expansion of the timber economy
in the 18th century great brittain obtained its wood from northern europe.
in 1806 however the french emperor Napoleon imposed a blockade forcing brittan to obtain its wood from canada. boats in port per year went from 100 in 1797 to 661 in 1810.
this led to the colonization of new regions such as outaouais, saguenay lac st jean , and the mauricie.

the transformation of agriculture

at the begining of the 19 th century brittain was no longer able to produce a sufficient ammount of food in order to feed its population.
from then on it began to buy more food stuffs from canada.

the begining of industrialization

jobs now required more skill and more education.
less educated peoples were recruited for menial labour.
 montreals population grew rapidly  because of the developing industries in the city such as real-estate

economic policies
great brittain adopted a protectionist policy towards canada imposing duties and customs on wood comming from europe.
in 1854 great brittain singed the treaty of reciprocity in favour of canada and established a free trade agreement.