1818 in Canada #CanadianHistory #history The Commissioners for Insane Persons and Foundlings in Lower Canada suggest there are "persons who, although insane, ought not to be shut up in the Cells" https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_28/43 Pgs. 44-5 See also: An Assembly committee resolves that £2,500 be spent on "Apartments" in a Quebec City hospital wing and £2,000 for additional cells in Montreal https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_28/153 #LowerCanada #MentalIllness See also: Mental Health - Mental Health in Canada https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mental-health