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    Loyalists in Canada

    Loyalists were American colonists, of different ethnic backgrounds, who supported the British cause during the American Revolutionary War (1775–83). Tens of thousands of Loyalists migrated to British North America during and after the war. This boosted the population, led to the creation of Upper Canada and New Brunswick, and heavily influenced the politics and culture of what would become Canada.(This is the full-length entry about Loyalists in Canada. For a plain-language summary, please see Loyalists in Canada (Plain-Language Summary).)

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    Loyalists in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

    Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution (1775–83). Tens of thousands of Loyalists migrated to British North America. Most of them went to the Maritime provinces. The Loyalists left a long-lasting legacy on Canada. They influenced politics and culture in what would become Canada. (This article is a plain-language summary of Loyalists. If you are interested in reading about this topic in more depth, please see our full-length entry, Loyalists in Canada.)

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    L.R. Wright

    L.R. (Laurali Rose) Wright, novelist (b at Saskatoon, Sask 5 Jun 1939). The author of 11 novels, she was educated at Carleton University, the University of Calgary, UBC and Simon Fraser University.

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    John McCrae

    John McCrae, soldier, physician, poet (born 30 November 1872 in Guelph, ON; died 28 January 1918 in Wimereux, France). A noted pathologist and army physician, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae was also a poet; he wrote “In Flanders Fields” — one of the most famous poems of the First World War.

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    Luba and Ireneus Zuk

    Piano duo, brother and sister, formed in 1977.

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    LUBA

    LUBA (b Luba Kowalchyk). Singer, songwriter, b Montreal, of Ukrainian parents, 1958.

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    Luba Goy

     Born of Ukrainian parents in Germany, en route to Belgium, Goy immigrated to Canada with her family in 1951 and grew up in Ottawa.

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    Lubka Kolessa

    Lubka Kolessa. Pianist, teacher, b Lvov, Galicia (now Ukraine), 19 May 1902, naturalized Canadian, d Toronto 15 Aug 1997. Her family included composers, an ethnomusicologist, and a cellist. Her grandmother, who had studied with a pupil of Chopin, was her first teacher.

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    Lubomyr Melnyk

    Lubomyr (Eugene) Melnyk. Pianist, composer, b Munich 22 Dec 1948 of Ukrainian parents, BA (Manitoba) 1969, MA philosophy (Queen's). Lubomyr Melnyk's parents fled the Communist expansion and settled in Winnipeg in the early 1950s.

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    Luc Beauséjour

    Luc Beauséjour has maintained an international performance career that has taken him to many countries including France, the United States, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, and Bermuda.

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    Luc Cousineau

    Luc Cousineau. Singer-songwriter, producer, b Montreal 19 Sep 1944. After studying cello in Sherbrooke, he worked on the saxophone with Arthur Romano in Montreal, and double-bass with Roland Desjardins at the École Vincent-d'Indy.

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    Luc Guérin

    Luc Guérin, actor (born 12 November 1959). 

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    Luc Lacourcière

    Luc Lacourcière. Ethnographer, folklorist, writer, teacher, b St-Victor, Beauce, Que, 18 Oct 1910, d Quebec City 15 May 1989; BA (Laval) 1932, L LITT (Laval) 1934, honorary D LITT (McGill) 1966, honorary doctorate in ethnography (Memorial) 1975, honorary D LITT (Laurentian) 1977.

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    Luc Lafortune

    Luc Lafortune directed his first production in 1986, followed by several others that until 2009 have included Le Cirque réinventé, Fascination, Nouvelle Expérience, Saltimbanco, Mystère, Alegria, Quidam, "O", La Nouba, Dralion, Zumanity and Ka.

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    Luc Picard

    Luc Picard, actor, director and screenwriter (born in Lachine, Quebec, September 24, 1961).

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