Upper Canada

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British colony former colony historical political entity

Upper Canada was a British colony established in 1791 in what is now southern Ontario, created to govern the predominantly English-speaking Loyalist settlements west of the Ottawa River.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Province of Upper Canada 3
British colony of Upper Canada 1
colony of Upper Canada 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British colony ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
borderedBy Great Lakes ⓘ
Lower Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
capital Newark ⓘ
York ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
createdFrom Province of Quebec ⓘ
currency pound ⓘ
dissolved 1841 ⓘ
established 1791 ⓘ
ethnicGroup American Loyalists ⓘ
surface form: United Empire Loyalists
executiveHead Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
flagUsed Union Flag ⓘ
surface form: Union Jack
governedBy Family Compact ⓘ
hadInstitution Clergy reserves ⓘ
involvedIn Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
War of 1812 ⓘ
legalSystem English common law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada

Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
surface form: Legislative Council of Upper Canada
legislature Parliament of Upper Canada ⓘ
locatedOn north shore of Lake Ontario ⓘ
north shore of the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
mergedInto Province of Canada ⓘ
monarchDuringExistence George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George III

George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: George IV

Queen Victoria ⓘ
surface form: Victoria

William IV ⓘ
namedAfter upper reaches of the Saint Lawrence River ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
populationCharacteristic Loyalist settlements ⓘ
predominantly English-speaking ⓘ
presentLocation Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
fur trade ⓘ
timber trade ⓘ
religionPolicy Church of England ⓘ
surface form: established Anglican Church
separatedFrom Lower Canada ⓘ
sovereign British Crown ⓘ
successor Western Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canada West

Ontario ⓘ
todayPartOf Southern Ontario ⓘ
surface form: southern Ontario

Referenced by (37)

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

Clergy reserves → appliesToTerritory → Upper Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Upper Canada
Lower Canada → borderedBy → Upper Canada ⓘ
Newark → capitalOf → Upper Canada ⓘ
Family Compact → country → Upper Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Upper Canada → country → Upper Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: British colony of Upper Canada
Province of Canada → formedByUnionOf → Upper Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: colony of Upper Canada
British America → hasPart → Upper Canada ⓘ
John Butler → laterResidence → Upper Canada ⓘ
Clergy reserves → locatedIn → Upper Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Upper Canada
Newark → locatedIn → Upper Canada ⓘ
Battle of Lundy’s Lane → location → Upper Canada ⓘ
Rebellions of 1837–1838 → location → Upper Canada ⓘ
Province of Canada → predecessor → Upper Canada ⓘ
John Strachan → regionOfActivity → Upper Canada ⓘ
Province of Quebec → replacedBy → Upper Canada ⓘ
Isaac Brock → residence → Upper Canada ⓘ
Alias Grace → settingRegion → Upper Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Province of Upper Canada
Act of Union 1840 → unitedEntity → Upper Canada ⓘ
Niagara-on-the-Lake → wasCapitalOf → Upper Canada ⓘ