The Cholera outbreaks which dominated Upper and Lower Canada from 1832 to 1866, was responsible for an extensive overhaul of the relationship between the public and private sphere in terms of government intervention in people’s lives, the role of private sector charity, and the discretionary power associated with quarantines. Leading up to the Cholera epidemics the industrialization of Canadian cities such as Montreal, Quebec City, and Toronto, accelerated urbanization as rural living Canadians and