Durham Report

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government report historical document

The Durham Report was an 1839 British governmental report by Lord Durham that analyzed the causes of the 1837–1838 Canadian rebellions and recommended responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada, profoundly shaping Canada's political development.

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Label	Occurrences
Durham Report canonical	5
Report of Lord Durham	1
Report on the Affairs of British North America	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government report ⓘ historical document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Durham Report ⓘ surface form: Report of Lord Durham
assesses	grievances of French Canadians ⓘ grievances of reformers in Upper Canada ⓘ
author	Lord Durham ⓘ surface form: John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham
commissionedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
commissionedFor	investigation of the 1837–1838 Canadian rebellions ⓘ
commissionedOfficial	Lord Melbourne’s government ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticized	Château Clique in Lower Canada ⓘ Family Compact ⓘ surface form: Family Compact in Upper Canada oligarchic colonial elites ⓘ
dateOfCompletion	1839 ⓘ
documentedIn	UK Parliament publications ⓘ surface form: Parliamentary Papers of the United Kingdom
genre	political analysis ⓘ
hasPart	analysis of social and ethnic tensions in Lower Canada ⓘ proposals for administrative reorganization of the colonies ⓘ recommendations on constitutional reform ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
impactOn	British imperial policy toward self-governing colonies ⓘ Canadian political development ⓘ
influenced	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ constitutional evolution of the Province of Canada ⓘ development of responsible government in Canada ⓘ
jurisdictionDiscussed	Lower Canada ⓘ New Brunswick ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ surface form: Newfoundland Nova Scotia ⓘ Prince Edward Island ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
keyConcept	colonial self-government ⓘ political union of colonies ⓘ responsible government ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	non-binding advisory report ⓘ
mainSubject	causes of the Rebellions of 1837–1838 in Canada ⓘ colonial governance in Canada ⓘ constitutional reform in British North America ⓘ
placeOfPresentation	British Parliament ⓘ
proposes	assimilation of French Canadians into an English-speaking culture ⓘ
publicationYear	1839 ⓘ
recommends	responsible government ⓘ union of Upper and Lower Canada ⓘ
relatedEvent	Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: Rebellion in Lower Canada Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ surface form: Rebellion in Upper Canada
title	Durham Report self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Report on the Affairs of British North America

Referenced by (7)

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

Rebellions of 1837–1838 → result → Durham Report ⓘ

Family Compact → declinedAfter → Durham Report ⓘ

Act of Union 1840 → follows → Durham Report ⓘ

colonial government of Upper Canada → relatedEvent → Durham Report ⓘ

Durham Report → title → Durham Report self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Report on the Affairs of British North America

Durham Report → alsoKnownAs → Durham Report ⓘ

this entity surface form: Report of Lord Durham

Patriote movement → resultedIn → Durham Report ⓘ