colonial government of Upper Canada

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British imperial administration colonial government

The colonial government of Upper Canada was the British imperial administrative system that governed the Upper Canadian colony (now southern Ontario) from 1791 to 1841 through appointed officials and limited representative institutions.

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Label	Occurrences
colonial government of Upper Canada canonical	6

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British imperial administration ⓘ colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Upper Canada ⓘ
capital	Kingston ⓘ Newark ⓘ York ⓘ
characteristic	absence of responsible government ⓘ appointed executive ⓘ limited franchise ⓘ property-based voting qualifications ⓘ strong influence of local oligarchy ⓘ
country	Upper Canada ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ union of Upper and Lower Canada into Province of Canada ⓘ
dominantPoliticalFaction	Family Compact ⓘ
economicPolicy	promotion of British mercantilist trade system ⓘ
endTime	1841 ⓘ
establishedBy	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
executiveBranch	Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
followed	Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Province of Quebec colonial administration Quebec Act ⓘ surface form: Quebec Act regime in western Quebec
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ representative government without responsible government ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
immigrationPolicy	encouragement of British and Loyalist settlement ⓘ
includedBody	Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
judicialBranch	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 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
legislativeBranch	Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
monarchDuringExistence	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George III George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: George IV Victoria ⓘ William IV ⓘ
notableLieutenantGovernor	Francis Bond Head ⓘ John Graves Simcoe ⓘ Peregrine Maitland ⓘ surface form: Sir Peregrine Maitland
primaryReligionPolicy	support for Church of England through clergy reserves ⓘ
relatedEvent	Durham Report ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: Upper Canada Rebellion War of 1812 ⓘ
replacedBy	colonial government of the Province of Canada ⓘ Government of the Province of Canada ⓘ surface form: government of the Province of Canada
startTime	1791 ⓘ
subordinateTo	Colonial Office ⓘ surface form: British Colonial Office UK government ⓘ surface form: British government British monarch ⓘ
territoryIncludes	Huronia region ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region (Upper Canada portion) lands west of the Ottawa River ⓘ present-day southern Ontario ⓘ
usedLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → partOf → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Clergy reserves → administeredBy → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Family Compact → politicalSystemContext → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Government House, York → partOf → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Government House, York → governingAuthority → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ

Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern → belligerent2 → colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ