Canada Bay is a Local Government Area of New South Wales, Australia and located in the metropolitan area of Sydney. The city was formed in December of 2000, following the merger of Concord and Drummoyne councils. Today, the city of 59,845 covers 19.82 square kilometres.
Canada Bay's name comes from a Parramatta River bay that was half-way between Concord and Drummoyne. Following the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837 to 1838, some French Canadians were expelled to Australia. Imprisoned at Longbottom Stockade, the convicts broke stone for the construction of Parramatta Road and collected oyster shells for making lime. In 1842, the French Canadians were allowed to work outside the prison. Between 1843 and 1844, all received pardons and, except for two people who died and one who settled in Dapto, all returned to Canada. After the rebellions, the Australian Governor General and Lord High Commissioner to Canada recommended that Britain grant responsible self government to the Union of Upper and Lower Canada. In the 1850s, the Australian colonies achieved responsible government and parliamentary democracy.
Many parts of Canada Bay indicate the city's history: Exile Bay, France Bay, Durham Street, Marceau Drive, Polding Street and Gipps Street. Bayview Park has a plaque that honours the exiles and marks the point of disembarkation.
External links
City of Canada Bay website (http://www.canadabay.nsw.gov.au)
History of Canada Bay (http://www.siwvl.nsw.gov.au/libraries/canadabay/lga.html)
Canada in Australia: Canadian Department of Foreign and International Affairs (http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/australia/history-en.asp)
Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.
Canada is a federation of 10 provinces—Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia—and three territories—Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon Territory.
In the center of the Shield are the Hudson Bay Lowlands, encompassing Hudson Bay and the surrounding marshy land.
A smaller offshoot of the bay, James Bay, lies to the south.
On the east it is connected with the Atlantic Ocean by Hudson Strait, and on the north with the rest of the Arctic Ocean by Foxe Channel (which is not considered part of the bay) and Fury and Hecla Strait.
All islands in the bay (and in James Bay) are part of Nunavut.
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