Infographic: The Loyal British Atlantic

The Loyal British Atlantic, ca. 1775–1795

by Liam Riordan

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Map showing migration flows of Loyalists

Liam Riordan, “Exile and Opportunity: Wabanaki, Acadian, and Loyalist Forced Migration in the Northeastern Borderlands of North America,” in Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions: A Global History, c. 1750–1830, eds. Jan C. Jansen and Kirsten McKenzie (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2024), Map 2.1; Jerry Bannister and Liam Riordan, eds., The Loyal Atlantic: Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012).

Discussion Questions

Look Closely

  1. From what geographic area did loyalist refugees most often flee?
  2. How many loyalist refugees moved to lower Canada?
  3. When loyalists moved to lower Canada, which Native nations’ territory did they enter?

Think Critically

  1. Most loyalists who moved to lower Canada did not speak French or Native languages. How could you find out if this shaped their options for school, housing, and work? 

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