Government of Upper Canada

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The Government of Upper Canada was the colonial administration that governed the British province of Upper Canada (now southern Ontario) from 1791 to 1841, overseeing executive, legislative, and judicial functions under British imperial authority.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colonial administration
colonial government
appliesLegalSystem English common law
appliesToJurisdiction Upper Canada
capitalMovedFrom Newark
capitalMovedTo York
capitalMoveYear 1796
constitutionalBasis Constitutional Act 1791
controlledResource Clergy Reserves
linked to: Clergy reserves
country Upper Canada
dissolvedBy Act of Union 1840
dominantPoliticalElite Family Compact
endTime 1841
establishedBy Constitutional Act 1791
followedBy Government of the Province of Canada
governmentType constitutional monarchy
oligarchic colonial administration
hadFranchiseSystem property-based male suffrage
hasCapital Newark
York
hasExecutiveBody Executive Council of Upper Canada
hasJudicialBody Court of Chancery for Upper Canada
linked to: Court of Chancery

Court of Common Pleas for Upper Canada
Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada
hasLegislativeBody Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada
headOfGovernment Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
involvedInEvent Upper Canada Rebellion
War of 1812
legalSystem English common law
locatedIn British North America
linked to: British America

Upper Canada
present-day Ontario
linked to: Ontario
mergedInto Government of the Province of Canada
notableReformerOpposition William Lyon Mackenzie
officialLanguage English
oversawFunction executive
judicial
legislative
partOf British Empire
British North America colonial system
linked to: British America
precededBy Government of the Province of Quebec
linked to: Province of Quebec
regionNowCorrespondsTo southern Ontario
linked to: Southern Ontario
religiousPolicyFavored Church of England
replacedBy Government of the Province of Canada
startTime 1791
subordinateTo British Colonial Office
linked to: Colonial Office

British Government
linked to: UK government
usedCurrency Halifax rating system
pound sterling
linked to: Pound sterling

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Parliament of Upper Canada legislativeBranchOf Government of Upper Canada
Government House, York usedBy British colonial administration in Upper Canada
linked to: Government of Upper Canada
judiciary of Upper Canada partOf government of Upper Canada
linked to: Government of Upper Canada
Executive Council of Upper Canada partOf Government of Upper Canada