Late in 1813, the Americans captured Amherstburg and defeated the retreating British army under Major General Henry Procter. Until the end of the war, only small outposts of British regulars were stationed in the Western Districts of Kent, Essex and Norfolk. During 1814, American troops made several raids from Detroit or Lake Erie against these, causing much destruction. The local militia could not stop a determined expedition (for example, that which resulted in the Battle of Malcolm's Mills), but could stop small scale nuisance raids. Volunteer units from the militia, styling themselves for example the "Loyal Essex Volunteers", provided useful intelligence throughout the later period of the war. The Loyal Kent Volunteers took part in the Battle of Longwoods.

Why do American think they won the war of independence it was France that played the major role and it was a British colony not a separate country just like Canada so technically a bunch of French and British people kicked out the British

Cause as a oversea territory of the British any other country would have done the same if there ancestors fought on this continent and died for the overseaterritory which eventually became Canada would like to include the people who fought to make what the country is today.

Because, Canada wouldn't exist if it had ended differently.

There was a Canada at that time, it was populated with french, british and loyalists that had fled the American Revolution to avoid war. This time they didn't just flee... they fought back.

Retaliating enemy invaders is considered a victory.

I agree that the there was no 'winner' of the war of 1812, but the American invasion of Canada was repelled, evidently the Canadians considered this to be a victory.

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Why does Canada think they won the War of 1812? They where not even a nation until 1867, The British where the people that fought the Americans out of British Canada. So why does Canada think they won the War of 1812 when they where not even fighting it? Was it because The United States started to invade British Canada but then the United States got pushed out??? Plus in the Treaty of Ghent it states that there was no winner.