York, Upper Canada

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York, Upper Canada was the colonial capital of Upper Canada and a key administrative and military center that later became the city of Toronto.

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Label Occurrences
York, Upper Canada canonical 9
Newark, Upper Canada 1
Toronto, Upper Canada 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial capital
historic place
settlement
administrativeLevel colonial capital
associatedWith Loyalist settlement in Canada
development of Toronto
attackedBy United States Armed Forces
surface form: United States forces
capitalOf Upper Canada
colonialPower Great Britain
continent North America
country British Empire
fortification Fort York
foundedBy John Graves Simcoe
founderOccupation Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
function port and commercial centre
governmentType colonial administration
hadLegislativeBuildings Ontario Legislative Building
surface form: Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada
hasRole administrative centre
military centre
historicalEra early 19th century
late 18th century
language English
locatedIn Upper Canada
locatedInPresentDay Canada
Ontario
Toronto
namedAfter Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany
surface form: Frederick, Duke of York and Albany
onWaterbody Lake Ontario
Toronto Harbour
partOf British America
surface form: British North America
predecessor Newark, Upper Canada
predecessorRole former capital of Upper Canada
presentName Toronto
primaryReligion Protestantism
region Lake Ontario north shore
replacedBy Toronto
servedAs seat of government of Upper Canada
significantEvent American capture of York in 1813
Battle of York
strategicImportance defence of Great Lakes frontier
successor Toronto
successorRole capital of the Province of Canada (later Ontario)
transportRole lake shipping hub
urbanSuccessor Toronto
surface form: City of Toronto
war War of 1812

Referenced by (12)

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Parliament of Upper Canada meetsInCity York, Upper Canada
Parliament of Upper Canada earlierSeat York, Upper Canada
this entity surface form: Newark, Upper Canada
Zebulon Pike deathPlace York, Upper Canada
Newark replacedByCapital York, Upper Canada
Battle of York location York, Upper Canada
Battle of York location York, Upper Canada
this entity surface form: York (now Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
John George Howard residence York, Upper Canada
this entity surface form: Toronto, Upper Canada
Peter Hunter residence York, Upper Canada
Francis Gore residence York, Upper Canada
Government House, York locatedIn York, Upper Canada
Executive Council of Upper Canada meetsIn York, Upper Canada