Parliament of Upper Canada

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colonial legislature legislative body

The Parliament of Upper Canada was the colonial legislative body that governed the British province of Upper Canada (now part of Ontario) from 1792 until its union with Lower Canada in 1841.

Aliases (2)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial legislature → legislative body →
appliesToJurisdiction	Upper Canada →
capital	Newark → York →
composedOf	Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada → Legislative Council of Upper Canada → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada →
constitutionalStatus	British colony →
country	Upper Canada →
dissolvedBy	Act of Union 1840 →
earlierSeat	Newark, Upper Canada →
endTime	1841 →
establishedBy	Constitutional Act 1791 →
firstMetIn	Newark →
firstParliamentStart	1792 →
followedLegalSystem	English common law →
governedBy	British Crown →
governmentType	colonial representative government →
hasLowerHouse	Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada →
hasUpperHouse	Legislative Council of Upper Canada →
headOfStateRepresentative	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada →
historicalRegion	Great Lakes region →
jurisdictionIncludes	civil law in Upper Canada → criminal law in Upper Canada → land law in Upper Canada →
languageOfWork	English →
lastParliamentEnd	1841 →
laterMetIn	York →
legislatedFor	Upper Canada →
legislativeBranchOf	Government of Upper Canada →
locatedIn	British North America →
locatedInPresentDay	Ontario →
meetsIn	Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada →
meetsInCity	York, Upper Canada →
mergedWith	Parliament of Lower Canada →
numberOfParliaments	13 →
oversaw	colonial administration of Upper Canada →
parentOrganization	British Empire →
precededBy	legislative institutions of the Province of Quebec →
reasonForEnd	union with Lower Canada →
regionNowPartOf	Canada → Province of Ontario →
replacedBy	Parliament of the Province of Canada →
resultingEntity	Parliament of the Province of Canada →
significantEvent	War of 1812 period sessions →
startTime	1792 →
subdivision	Province of Upper Canada →
succeeded	colonial assemblies in the Province of Quebec →
typeOfLegislature	bicameral legislature →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Upper Canada ("Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada") → Upper Canada ("Legislative Council of Upper Canada") →	legislativeBody
Parliament of Upper Canada ("Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada") →	composedOf
Upper Canada →	legislature
Legislative Council of Upper Canada →	partOf