Canada East

E143256
former British colony historical region

Canada East was the historical name for the predominantly French-speaking region that later became the province of Quebec in Canada.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Canada East canonical 15
Bas-Canada 2
Canada 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former British colony ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Canada West ⓘ
Gulf of St. Lawrence ⓘ
surface form: Gulf of Saint Lawrence

New Brunswick ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
capital Quebec City ⓘ
coexistedWith Canada West ⓘ
commonLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
constitutionalChange Canadian Confederation ⓘ
surface form: Confederation of Canada
continent North America ⓘ
country Province of Canada ⓘ
currency Canadian pound ⓘ
endTime 1867 ⓘ
establishedBy Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
eventEndCause Canadian Confederation ⓘ
followedBy Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
formerName Lower Canada ⓘ
hasMajorCity Montreal ⓘ
Quebec City ⓘ
Trois-Rivières ⓘ
hasMajorRiver Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
headOfState Monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegionOf Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
languagePolicy bilingual (French and English in legislature) ⓘ
legalSystem French civil law tradition ⓘ
civil law ⓘ
legislativeBody Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn British America ⓘ
surface form: British North America

Canada ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup European Canadians ⓘ
surface form: English Canadians

French Canadian ⓘ
surface form: French Canadians
mergedInto Dominion of Canada ⓘ
officialLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Province of Canada ⓘ
precededBy Lower Canada ⓘ
primaryReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
representedBy Governor of Canada East ⓘ
surface form: Governor General of the Province of Canada
sharesGovernmentWith Canada West ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ
successorAdministrativeUnit Province of Quebec ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Canada East ⓘ
Lower Canada → hasHistoricalRegion → Canada East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bas-Canada
Lower Canada → nativeName → Canada East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bas-Canada
Province of Canada → dividedInto → Canada East ⓘ
Act of Union 1840 → dividedInto → Canada East ⓘ
Parti rouge → subdivision → Canada East ⓘ
Parti rouge → region → Canada East ⓘ
British colonial authorities in Quebec → appliesToJurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada → appliesToJurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
Canada West → sharesBorderWith → Canada East ⓘ
Clergy Reserves Act 1840 → appliesToJurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
Parliament of the Province of Canada → governed → Canada East ⓘ
Parliament of the Province of Canada → appliesToJurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
Governor of Canada East → appliesToJurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
Rebellion Losses Bill controversy → location → Canada East ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → legislatureFor → Canada East ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → jurisdiction → Canada East ⓘ
François Gaston de Lévis → theatreOfOperations → Canada East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada
Matonabbee → countryOfCitizenship → Canada East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada (historical region)
Châteauguay → locatedInCountrySubdivision → Canada East ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada East (historical)