Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Canada” in entry german-mercenaries of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...ssia, took every opportunity to express his contempt for the scandalous man-traffic of his neighbors.
Without these troops, the war would have been short.
A part of them, under Riedesel, went to Canada (May, 1776); the remainder, under Knyphausen and De Heister, joined the British under Howe, before New York, and had their first encounter on Long Island, Aug. 27.
See Hessians.
...