Upper Canada

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Upper Canada was a British colony established in 1791 in what is now southern Ontario, created to govern the predominantly English-speaking Loyalist settlements west of the Ottawa River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony
former colony
historical political entity
borderedBy Great Lakes
Lower Canada
United States
capital Newark
York
continent North America
country United Kingdom
createdBy Constitutional Act 1791
createdFrom Province of Quebec
currency pound
dissolved 1841
established 1791
ethnicGroup United Empire Loyalists
linked to: American Loyalists
executiveHead Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
flagUsed Union Jack
linked to: Union Flag
governedBy Family Compact
hadInstitution Clergy reserves
involvedIn Rebellions of 1837–1838
War of 1812
legalSystem English common law
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada
legislature Parliament of Upper Canada
locatedOn north shore of Lake Ontario
north shore of the Saint Lawrence River
mergedInto Province of Canada
monarchDuringExistence George III
George IV
Victoria
linked to: Queen Victoria

William IV
namedAfter upper reaches of the Saint Lawrence River
officialLanguage English
populationCharacteristic Loyalist settlements
predominantly English-speaking
presentLocation Canada
Ontario
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
fur trade
timber trade
religionPolicy established Anglican Church
linked to: Church of England
separatedFrom Lower Canada
sovereign British Crown
successor Canada West
linked to: Western Canada

Ontario
todayPartOf southern Ontario
linked to: Southern Ontario

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Province of Quebec replacedBy Upper Canada
John Strachan regionOfActivity Upper Canada
Alias Grace settingRegion Upper Canada
Isaac Brock residence Upper Canada
John Butler laterResidence Upper Canada
British America hasPart Upper Canada
Battle of Queenston Heights belligerent Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
Battle of Lundy’s Lane location Upper Canada
Battle of Lundy’s Lane countryAtTime British colony of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
Parliament of Upper Canada country Upper Canada
Parliament of Upper Canada subdivision Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
Clergy reserves appliesToTerritory Upper Canada
Clergy reserves locatedIn Province of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
Rebellions of 1837–1838 location Upper Canada
Family Compact country Upper Canada
Niagara-on-the-Lake wasCapitalOf Upper Canada
Legislative Council of Upper Canada governs colony of Upper Canada
linked to: Upper Canada
Lower Canada borderedBy Upper Canada
Province of Canada formedByUnionOf Upper Canada
Province of Canada predecessor Upper Canada
Act of Union 1840 unitedEntity Upper Canada
Newark locatedIn Upper Canada
Newark capitalOf Upper Canada
Sir John Colborne residence Upper Canada
Cataraqui partOf Upper Canada
John Graves Simcoe jurisdiction Upper Canada
Canada West replaces Upper Canada
Canada West hasPredecessor Upper Canada
Battle of York country Upper Canada
Stormont County formedPartOf Upper Canada
Dundas County historicalRegion Upper Canada
John George Howard movedTo Upper Canada
John Galt placeOfActivity Upper Canada