Editing Haldimand County (section)

==History==
Haldimand's history has been closely associated with that of neighbouring [[Norfolk County, Ontario|Norfolk County]]. [[Upper Canada]] was created in 1791 by being separated from the [[Province of Quebec (1763–1791)|old Province of Quebec]],  Haldimand was created in 1798 as part of the [[Niagara District]].<ref>[https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00848/80?r=0&s=1 ''An act for the better division of this province'', SUC 1798 (38 Geo. III), c. 5, s. 31, s. 32.  Reprinted in ''The Statutes of Upper Canada to the Time of Union, Revised and Published by Authority'', Vol. I - Public Acts (Toronto:  Robert Stanton, Queen's Printer, 1843).]</ref> It was named after Sir [[Frederick Haldimand]], the governor of the [[Province of Quebec]] from 1778 to 1785. In 1844, the land was surrendered by the [[Six Nations of the Grand River|Six Nations]] to the [[The Crown|Crown]] in an agreement that was signed by the vast majority of Chiefs in the Haldimand tract.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}  In 1974, Haldimand was incorporated as a town by the amalgamation of the villages of Cayuga, Hagersville and Caledonia and the townships of Oneida, Seneca, North Cayuga, South Cayuga and parts of Rainham and Walpole.  In 2001, Haldimand was enlarged by amalgamating with Dunnville and half of Nanticoke.

Beginning in February 2006, a [[Caledonia land dispute|land dispute by native protesters began near Caledonia]] over a housing development being built on the outskirts of town, which members of the nearby [[Six Nations of the Grand River|Mohawk Six Nations]] people claim is rightfully their land. The issue reignited again in February 2020, when Mohawk protesters blocked off Highway 6 again in protest of [[Grand River land dispute#1492 Land Back Lane (McKenzie Meadows)|McKenzie Meadows]].