Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West
Provincial Agricultural Fair of Canada West was an annual provincial agricultural fair held in various places[1][2] in Canada West and after 1867 in Ontario. It was sponsored by the Provincial Agricultural Association and the Board of Agriculture for Canada West.
Established in 1846, the fair was mainly an agricultural themed show featuring horses and domesticated animals from around what was still a very rural pre-Confederation Ontario. It would last until 1878 as it met competition with local fairs that emerged across Ontario and eventually succeeded by the Canadian National Exhibition in 1879.
List of Provincial Agricultural Association of Canada West/Ontario
| Year | Host | Notes |
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| 1846 | Toronto | Held in area near King Street West and Simcoe Street[3] |
| 1847 | Hamilton | |
| 1848 | Cobourg | |
| 1849 | Kingston | |
| 1850 | Niagara | |
| 1851 | Brockville | |
| 1852 | Toronto | north part of Grange Park (neighbourhood) |
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| 1858 | Toronto | |
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| 1866 | Last fair before Confederation | |
| 1867 | First fair for the new province of Ontario | |
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| 1878 | Toronto | Last year Fair was held |
Other Fairs
A list of annual agricultural and/or country fairs in Ontario:
- Markham Fair 1857
- Brampton Fall Fair 1853
- Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show 1840
- Schomberg Fair 1850
- Western Fair 1868
References
- ^ CNE Archives. 2013.
- ^ http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/CNEearly.htm
- ^ http://www.lostrivers.ca/points/CNEearly.htm