Constitutional Act 1791

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom constitutional statute

The Constitutional Act of 1791 was a British law that split the former Province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada, establishing separate colonial governments and laying the groundwork for modern Canadian constitutional development.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Canada Act 1791	1
Constitutional Act 1791 (as later reorganization of Quebec)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ constitutional statute ⓘ
aimedTo	accommodate Loyalist settlers in British North America ⓘ separate English-speaking and French-speaking populations administratively ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ surface form: Canada Act 1791
appliesToTerritory	Province of Quebec ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Great Britain ⓘ
created	Clergy reserves ⓘ surface form: Clergy Reserves in Upper Canada constitutional framework for Lower Canada ⓘ constitutional framework for Upper Canada ⓘ
dateEnacted	1791 ⓘ
divided	Province of Quebec ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
established	legislative assemblies in Upper Canada and Lower Canada ⓘ separate colonial governments for Upper Canada and Lower Canada ⓘ
governanceModel	British colonial constitutional monarchy ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
influenced	development of Canadian parliamentary institutions ⓘ later Canadian constitutional acts ⓘ
inForceIn	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
introduced	representative government in Lower Canada ⓘ representative government in Upper Canada ⓘ
jurisdictionCreated	Lower Canada ⓘ Upper Canada ⓘ
languagePolicy	allowed use of French civil law in Lower Canada ⓘ
legacy	foundation for modern Canadian constitutional development ⓘ
legalStatus	repealed ⓘ
maintained	French civil law in Lower Canada ⓘ seigneurial system in Lower Canada ⓘ
partOf	constitutional history of Canada ⓘ
predecessor	Quebec Act ⓘ surface form: Quebec Act 1774
providedFor	creation of appointed legislative councils ⓘ creation of elected legislative assemblies ⓘ creation of executive councils ⓘ office of lieutenant governor in Lower Canada ⓘ office of lieutenant governor in Upper Canada ⓘ
regionAffected	Great Lakes region ⓘ Saint Lawrence River ⓘ surface form: St. Lawrence River valley
regulated	land tenure in Upper Canada ⓘ
religiousPolicy	affected status of the Church of England in the Canadas ⓘ
replaced	Quebec Act ⓘ surface form: Quebec Act 1774 in respect to governmental structure
resultedIn	creation of Lower Canada ⓘ creation of Upper Canada ⓘ
shortName	Constitutional Act 1791 self-link ⓘ
subjectMatter	colonial governance ⓘ legislative institutions ⓘ territorial division ⓘ
successor	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Constitutional Act 1791 → alsoKnownAs → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canada Act 1791

Legislative Council of Upper Canada → createdBy → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Lower Canada → createdBy → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Upper Canada → createdBy → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Province of Quebec → endCause → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Parliament of Upper Canada → establishedBy → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Quebec Act → followedBy → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitutional Act 1791 (as later reorganization of Quebec)

Clergy reserves → hasLegalBasis → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → legalBasis → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ

Constitutional Act 1791 → shortName → Constitutional Act 1791 self-link ⓘ

British North American colonies (except some territories) → significantEvent → Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ