Colony of Canada

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British colony historical Canadian province

The Colony of Canada was a British North American province formed in 1841 by uniting Upper and Lower Canada, serving as a key predecessor to the modern nation of Canada before Confederation in 1867.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Canada (colony) 1
Colony of Canada canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
historical Canadian province ⓘ
alternativeName Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currency Canadian pound NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateAbolished 1867-07-01 ⓘ
dateEstablished 1841-02-10 ⓘ
dissolutionEvent British North America Act 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime 1867 ⓘ
firstMonarch Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
flagUsed Union Jack NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasMajorCity Kingston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Montreal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toronto NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorRiver St. Lawrence River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada West NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
historyOfTopic History of Canada ⓘ
lastMonarch Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis Act of Union 1840 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legislature Parliament of the Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
British North American colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorEntity Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
replacedBy Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharesBorderWith United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Act of Union 1840 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confederation of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
sovereignState United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Colony of Nova Scotia → hasBorderWith → Colony of Canada ⓘ
Governor General of New France → exercisedAuthorityOver → Colony of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada (colony)