Government House, York

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historic building official residence vice-regal residence

Government House, York was the official vice-regal residence in early 19th-century York (now Toronto), serving as the home and administrative center for the British colonial lieutenant governor of Upper Canada.

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Label	Occurrences
Government House, York canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building ⓘ official residence ⓘ vice-regal residence ⓘ
associatedWith	British Empire ⓘ Toronto ⓘ surface form: City of Toronto Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of Upper Canada
country	Canada ⓘ
followedBy	later Government Houses in Toronto ⓘ
function	administrative center for the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada ⓘ residence of the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
governingAuthority	British Crown ⓘ colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
hasCapitalRole	served as vice-regal seat in York ⓘ
heritageStatus	no longer used as a vice-regal residence ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
languageOfAdministration	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America Toronto ⓘ surface form: Toronto, Ontario Upper Canada ⓘ York, Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedInTime	British colonial era in Canada ⓘ pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
partOf	colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
precededBy	earlier temporary residences of the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: British colonial administration in Upper Canada Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ surface form: lieutenant governor of Upper Canada
usedFor	administrative meetings ⓘ government receptions ⓘ official ceremonies ⓘ

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Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → residence → Government House, York ⓘ