Act of Union 1840

E56940

Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

The Act of Union 1840 was British legislation that united Upper and Lower Canada into the single Province of Canada, reshaping the political structure of British North America.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada	1
Union Act, 1840	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
aimedTo	assimilate French Canadians ⓘ centralize colonial administration ⓘ resolve political instability in Upper and Lower Canada ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Lower Canada ⓘ Province of Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
category	1840 in Canada ⓘ 1840 in law ⓘ United Kingdom Acts of Parliament ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Acts of Parliament concerning Canada
constitutionalSignificance	marked transition toward a more unified colonial government in British North America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdEntity	Province of Canada ⓘ
dateEffective	1841-02-10 ⓘ
dateEnacted	1840 ⓘ
dividedInto	Canada East ⓘ Canada West ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
established	Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of the Province of Canada ⓘ single legislature for Province of Canada ⓘ
follows	Durham Report ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
historicalRegion	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
influenced	development of Canadian federalism ⓘ political relationship between English and French Canadians ⓘ
introduced	equal representation for Canada East and Canada West in the Legislative Assembly ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
languagePolicy	initially restricted official use of French in the legislature ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
locationOfEffect	present-day Ontario ⓘ present-day Quebec ⓘ
longTitle	Act of Union 1840 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada
partOf	evolution of the Canadian Confederation ⓘ
precededBy	separate colonial governments of Upper and Lower Canada ⓘ
providedFor	appointed governor general of the Province of Canada ⓘ
relatedTo	constitutional history of Canada ⓘ responsible government in Canada ⓘ
repealedBy	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ surface form: British North America Act, 1867
restructured	legislative system of British North America ⓘ
shortTitle	Act of Union 1840 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Union Act, 1840
signedBy	Queen Victoria ⓘ
supersededBy	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
unitedEntity	Lower Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Province of Canada → createdBy → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Parliament of Upper Canada → dissolvedBy → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Legislative Council of Upper Canada → dissolvedFollowing → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Rebellions of 1837–1838 → followedBy → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Act of Union 1840 → longTitle → Act of Union 1840 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → reasonForAbolition → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Act of Union 1840 → shortTitle → Act of Union 1840 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Union Act, 1840

British North American colonies (except some territories) → significantEvent → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Constitutional Act 1791 → successor → Act of Union 1840 ⓘ