
Seigneurial System | The Canadian Encyclopedia
The seigneurial system was an institutional form of land distribution established in New France in 1627 and officially abolished in 1854. In New France, 80 per ...
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I just now learned that Canada had feudalism until 1940.
England officially abolished feudalism in 1660. France abolished feudalism with the revolution in 1789. But Quebec slipped through the cracks, having been ceded by the French to the English two decades earlier, in 1763. Even though Great Britain had abolished feudalism a century prior, the English left the system intact in their new Quebec colony, wanting to avoid social disturbance.
Up to 80% of Quebec lived under feudalism. The government abolished some aspects of Quebecois feudalism in 1854, but the basic relationship between lord and tenant remained in place. In 1928, 60,000 families still lived on feudal estates. In 1935, the government set about to purchase all of the feudal estates, which concluded in 1940.
For context, feudalism is generally associated with Eurasian societies, and the "end of feudalism" is generally placed in the 1800s.