colonial government of Upper Canada

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The colonial government of Upper Canada was the British imperial administrative system that governed the Upper Canadian colony (now southern Ontario) from 1791 to 1841 through appointed officials and limited representative institutions.

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colonial government of Upper Canada canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British imperial administration ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Upper Canada ⓘ
capital Kingston ⓘ
Newark ⓘ
York ⓘ
characteristic absence of responsible government ⓘ
appointed executive ⓘ
limited franchise ⓘ
property-based voting qualifications ⓘ
strong influence of local oligarchy ⓘ
country Upper Canada ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
union of Upper and Lower Canada into Province of Canada ⓘ
dominantPoliticalFaction Family Compact ⓘ
economicPolicy promotion of British mercantilist trade system ⓘ
endTime 1841 ⓘ
establishedBy Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
executiveBranch Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
followed Province of Quebec colonial administration ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec

Quebec Act regime in western Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Act
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
representative government without responsible government ⓘ
headOfGovernment Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
immigrationPolicy encouragement of British and Loyalist settlement ⓘ
includedBody Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
judicialBranch 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 ⓘ
legalBasis Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
legislativeBranch Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
monarchDuringExistence George III ⓘ
George IV ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
notableLieutenantGovernor Francis Bond Head ⓘ
John Graves Simcoe ⓘ
Sir Peregrine Maitland ⓘ
linked to: Peregrine Maitland
primaryReligionPolicy support for Church of England through clergy reserves ⓘ
relatedEvent Durham Report ⓘ
Upper Canada Rebellion ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
replacedBy colonial government of the Province of Canada ⓘ
government of the Province of Canada ⓘ
startTime 1791 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Colonial Office ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office

British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

British monarch ⓘ
territoryIncludes Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region (Upper Canada portion) ⓘ
linked to: Huronia region

lands west of the Ottawa River ⓘ
present-day southern Ontario ⓘ
usedLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → partOf → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Clergy reserves → administeredBy → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Family Compact → politicalSystemContext → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Government House, York → partOf → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Government House, York → governingAuthority → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → belligerent2 → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada → createdBy → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
James FitzGibbon → employer → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench for Upper Canada → establishedBy → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
George Markland → politicalSphere → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
Mackenzie’s rebels → opposedTo → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ