statutes of Upper Canada
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The statutes of Upper Canada are the body of colonial laws enacted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for the British province that later became part of Ontario, governing areas such as land, civil rights, and local administration.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| law of Upper Canada | 1 |
| statutes of Upper Canada canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10913110 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: statutes of Upper Canada Context triple: [Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada, passes, statutes of Upper Canada]
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A.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
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B.
Revised Statutes of Ontario
The Revised Statutes of Ontario are a consolidated, periodically updated collection of the province’s public general laws enacted by the Ontario legislature.
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C.
Revised Statutes of Canada
The Revised Statutes of Canada are a consolidated codification of the federal statutes of Canada, periodically updated to organize and standardize the country’s primary legislative laws.
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D.
Constitutional Act 1791
The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law that split the former Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, establishing separate colonial governments and laying the groundwork for modern Canadian constitutional development.
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E.
Constitution Act, 1871
The Constitution Act, 1871 is a key statute of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that clarified and expanded Canada’s constitutional framework, particularly regarding the creation and governance of provinces and their institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: statutes of Upper Canada Target entity description: The statutes of Upper Canada are the body of colonial laws enacted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for the British province that later became part of Ontario, governing areas such as land, civil rights, and local administration.
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A.
Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was a 1774 British law that expanded Quebec’s territory, guaranteed free practice of Catholicism, and altered colonial governance in ways that angered American colonists and helped fuel revolutionary sentiment.
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B.
Revised Statutes of Ontario
The Revised Statutes of Ontario are a consolidated, periodically updated collection of the province’s public general laws enacted by the Ontario legislature.
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C.
Revised Statutes of Canada
The Revised Statutes of Canada are a consolidated codification of the federal statutes of Canada, periodically updated to organize and standardize the country’s primary legislative laws.
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D.
Constitutional Act 1791
The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law that split the former Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, establishing separate colonial governments and laying the groundwork for modern Canadian constitutional development.
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E.
Constitution Act, 1871
The Constitution Act, 1871 is a key statute of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that clarified and expanded Canada’s constitutional framework, particularly regarding the creation and governance of provinces and their institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of law
ⓘ
colonial legislation ⓘ primary legal source ⓘ |
| appliedInJurisdiction |
Province of Upper Canada
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Canada
present-day Ontario ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Indigenous peoples within Upper Canada’s claimed territory
ⓘ
settlers in Upper Canada ⓘ |
| basedOn | English common law ⓘ |
| compiledIn | sessional volumes of the statutes of Upper Canada ⓘ |
| country | British Empire ⓘ |
| enactedUnderAuthorityOf | British Crown ⓘ |
| endTime | 1841 ⓘ |
| hasNotableProvision |
1793 Act Against Slavery in Upper Canada
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laws concerning marriage and family ⓘ laws establishing district courts ⓘ laws on bankruptcy and debt ⓘ laws on incorporation of companies and societies ⓘ laws on inheritance and succession ⓘ laws on public order and policing ⓘ laws on the establishment and support of churches ⓘ laws on the establishment of schools and grammar schools ⓘ laws organizing local government and town meetings ⓘ laws regulating land grants and Crown lands ⓘ laws regulating taverns and liquor ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of Canadian provincial law
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early statutes of Ontario ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | British colonial law ⓘ |
| legislatedBy |
Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
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Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
civil rights
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courts and procedure ⓘ criminal law ⓘ education ⓘ land law ⓘ local administration ⓘ militia and defence ⓘ municipal institutions ⓘ property law ⓘ religion and churches ⓘ roads and infrastructure ⓘ taxation and public finance ⓘ trade and commerce regulation ⓘ |
| partOf |
legal history of Canada
ⓘ
legal history of Ontario ⓘ |
| preservedIn |
Library and Archives Canada
ⓘ
Ontario provincial archives ⓘ
linked to:
Archives of Ontario
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| replacedBy | statutes of the Province of Canada ⓘ |
| startTime | 1791 ⓘ |
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Subject: statutes of Upper Canada Description of subject: The statutes of Upper Canada are the body of colonial laws enacted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries for the British province that later became part of Ontario, governing areas such as land, civil rights, and local administration.
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linked to: statutes of Upper Canada