There is, as yet, no comprehensive single work on early town development in central Canada. The general studies of urban Canada that are available are largely oriented to the present, or at most to the fairly recent past. Nevertheless, some of these may be used to acquire a grasp of major aspects of the urban process of growth; for example, Urban Canada, by James and Robert Simmons (Toronto: Copp Clark, 1969), or the largely statistical Urban Development in Canada, by Leroy O. Stone (Ottawa: Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1967). Moreover, while Urban Development in South Central Ontario, by Jacob Spelt (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1972) plainly treats only part of central Canada, it goes back to the beginnings, and the historical patterns it traces have wider applications. It is still necessary, however, to go to works on individual towns and cities. In this regard, "Canadian Urban History, a Selected Bibliography", by G. A. Stelter, Laurentian University Social Science Research Publication, No. 2 (Sudbury: Laurentian University Press, 1972) provides a valuable list of books and articles. Approaches to Teaching Local History (using Upper Canadian and Ontario examples) by contributing editors H. A. Stevenson and F. H. Armstrong, (Toronto: Oxford, 1969) is an excellent guide for classroom activities.
Some individual studies that may be particularly cited are: Margaret Angus, The Old Stones of Kingston: its Buildings before 1867 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1969); Raoul Blanchard, L'Est du Canada Franτais, province de QuΘbec" (Paris: Masson, 1935), and L'Ouest du Canada Franτais (Montreal, Librairie BeauChemin, 1953-54; Sir A. Doughty and N. E. Dionne, Quebec Under Two Flags (Quebec: Quebec News Co., 1903); W. Eggleston, The Queen's Choice, A Story of Canada's Capital (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1961); Guy Fregualt, Le XVIIIe Siecle Canadien (Montreal, Editions HMH, 1968); G. P. de T. Glazebrook, The Story of Toronto (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1971); Alan Gowans, Building Canada, An Architectural History of Canadian Life (Toronto: Oxford, 1966); Leslie Roberts, Montreal, from Mission Colony to World City (Toronto: Macmillan, 1969); A. J. H. Richardson, "The Old City of Quebec and Our Architectural Heritage", Canadian Historical Association Annual Report 1915; Robert Rumilly, Histoire de MontrΘal (MontrΘal: Fides, 1970); Henry Scadding, Toronto of Old, abridged and edited by F. H. Armstrong (Toronto: Oxford, 1966); William Wood, "The Historic Seaport of Quebec" Canadian Historical Review, vol. 26, December, 1945 p. 392 - 400.
