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Haldimand served in North America during the Seven Years War and remained in Canada after it was conquered from the French in 1759 serving as military governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He became governor of Quebec (which at the time included what is now Ontario) in 1778 serving through the American Revolution. Haldimand built up the province's defences and sent raiding parties into the rebellious American colonies. At the end of the American Revolution he helped settle American refugees who became known as United Empire Loyalists in what became Ontario and also settled the Six Nations in Canada.

See also: List of Governors General of CanadaThe following is a list of the Governors and Governor Generals of Canada and the previous territories and colonies that now make up the country. For the governors of New France see: Governor of New France. Governors from the Conquest to the union of the C and List of Lieutenant Governors of QuebecThis is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Quebec. For governors preceding the 1759 British conquest see Governor of New France. Governors of Quebec from the Conquest to the creation of Lower Canada Quebec was conquered by the Brit