On April 25, 1849, angry citizens burned down the Parliament building in Montreal, in today's Place d'Youville. The English protestors resented the passage of the Lower Canada Rebellion Losses Bill, compensating French Canadians for their losses in the 1837-1838 rebellions. The government then convened in the Bonsecours Market, until the capital of the Province of Canada moved to Toronto.
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