Province of Canada

E54064

British colony historical political entity

The Province of Canada was a British North American colony formed in 1841 by uniting Upper and Lower Canada, serving as a key political predecessor to modern Canada until Confederation in 1867.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canada (colony)	1
Province of Canada (Canada East)	1
Province of Canada government	1
Union of the Canadas	1
United Province of Canada	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ historical political entity ⓘ
capital	Kingston ⓘ Montreal ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdBy	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
currency	Canadian dollar ⓘ Canadian pound ⓘ
dateAbolished	1867 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1841 ⓘ
dissolvedBy	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ surface form: British North America Act 1867
dividedInto	Canada East ⓘ Canada West ⓘ
endYear	1867 ⓘ
firstCapital	Kingston ⓘ
flagUsed	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: British Union Jack
formedByUnionOf	Lower Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary system ⓘ
headOfState	monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historicalRegion	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence system ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes–St. Lawrence region
laterCapital	Montreal ⓘ Quebec City ⓘ Toronto ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law in Canada West ⓘ civil law in Canada East ⓘ
legislativeBody	Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ
legislature	Parliament of the Province of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
otherName	Province of Canada ⓘ surface form: United Province of Canada
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
playedRoleIn	formation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867 ⓘ
predecessor	Lower Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent	Rebellion Losses Bill controversy ⓘ achievement of responsible government in 1848 ⓘ
startYear	1841 ⓘ
status	colony of the United Kingdom ⓘ
successor	Dominion of Canada ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Quebec, Canada ⓘ surface form: Quebec

Referenced by (20)

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

Clergy reserves → abolishedBy → Province of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Canada government

Act of Union 1840 → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Canada ⓘ

Act of Union 1840 → createdEntity → Province of Canada ⓘ

Lower Canada → followedBy → Province of Canada ⓘ

Rebellions of 1837–1838 → followedBy → Province of Canada ⓘ

Dominion of Canada → foundingLocation → Province of Canada ⓘ

British North American colonies (except some territories) → hasPart → Province of Canada ⓘ

New France → includedRegion → Province of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canada (colony)

British–Native American wars → involved → Province of Canada ⓘ

Clergy reserves → locatedIn → Province of Canada ⓘ

ByWard Market → locatedInHistoricProvince → Province of Canada ⓘ

Lower Canada → mergedInto → Province of Canada ⓘ

Upper Canada → mergedInto → Province of Canada ⓘ

Province of Canada → otherName → Province of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Province of Canada

Lower Canada → partOf → Province of Canada ⓘ

Quebec, Canada → preConfederationEntity → Province of Canada ⓘ

subject surface form: Quebec

this entity surface form: Province of Canada (Canada East)

Dominion of Canada → predecessor → Province of Canada ⓘ

Rebellions of 1837–1838 → result → Province of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union of the Canadas

Kingston → wasCapitalOf → Province of Canada ⓘ

Kingston, Ontario → wasCapitalOf → Province of Canada ⓘ