In Canada, especially Ontario, the War of 1812 is understood as a land-grab fought off by the British regular troops garrisoned in Upper and Lower Canada ably supported by the First Nations and Canadian militia. The National Archives of Canada has a nice collection of hand-bills distributed by American invaders in the Niagara region to persuade the residents there -- many recently resettled Loyalists -- of the benefits of becoming a new state of the Union.