Government of Upper Canada

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British colonial administration colonial government

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Government of Upper Canada canonical	2
British colonial administration in Upper Canada	1
government of Upper Canada	1

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Court of Chancery for Upper Canada 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	Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: Upper Canada Rebellion War of 1812 ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Upper Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ surface form: present-day Ontario
mergedInto	Government of the Province of Canada ⓘ
notableReformerOpposition	William Lyon Mackenzie ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
oversawFunction	executive ⓘ judicial ⓘ legislative ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ British America ⓘ surface form: British North America colonial system
precededBy	Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Government of the Province of Quebec
regionNowCorrespondsTo	Southern Ontario ⓘ surface form: southern Ontario
religiousPolicyFavored	Church of England ⓘ
replacedBy	Government of the Province of Canada ⓘ
startTime	1791 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British Colonial Office UK government ⓘ surface form: British Government
usedCurrency	Halifax rating system ⓘ Pound sterling ⓘ surface form: pound sterling

Referenced by (4)

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

Parliament of Upper Canada → legislativeBranchOf → Government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Government House, York → usedBy → Government of Upper Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in Upper Canada

judiciary of Upper Canada → partOf → Government of Upper Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: government of Upper Canada

Executive Council of Upper Canada → partOf → Government of Upper Canada ⓘ