Upper Canada facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Province of Upper Canada
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Map of Upper Canada (in orange) with 21st-century Canada (in pink) surrounding it
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||
| Capital | Newark 1792–1797 (renamed Niagara 1798, Niagara-on-the-Lake 1970) York (later renamed Toronto in 1834) 1797–1841 |
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| Common languages | English | ||||||||
| Government | Family Compact oligarchy under a Constitutional monarchy |
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• 1791–1820
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George III | ||||||||
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• 1820–1830
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George IV | ||||||||
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• 1830–1837
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William IV | ||||||||
| Lieutenant-Governor; Executive Council of Upper Canada | |||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Upper Canada | ||||||||
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| Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
| Historical era | British Era | ||||||||
| 26 December 1791 | |||||||||
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• Act of Union 1840
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10 February 1841 | ||||||||
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| 1836 | 258,999 km2 (100,000 sq mi) | ||||||||
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• 1823
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150196 | ||||||||
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• 1836
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358187 | ||||||||
| Currency | Halifax pound | ||||||||
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Upper Canada is an old British name for the Canadian province of Ontario.
Images for kids
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Map of Upper Canada's districts
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The third Parliament Building in York was built between 1829 and 1832 at Front Street.
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Second market in York (Toronto)
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Drawing showing the fatal shooting of Col. Robert Moodie outside John Montgomery's tavern in Toronto on 4 December 1837
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An 1824 land deed for Upper Canada
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Canada Company Office, 1834
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Map of Upper Canada
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The Sharon Temple, built by the Children of Peace
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The Bank of Upper Canada, Toronto
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The Rideau Canal in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with Parliament Hill and the old "Union Station" visible in the background
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Huron Tract Purchase area, located in Southern Ontario, highlighted in yellow
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The complete First Welland Canal including the Feeder Canal and the extension to Port Colborne. The present-day canal is marked in pale grey
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Bishop Strachan, the acknowledged Anglican leader of the Family Compact
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John Robinson, acknowledged leader of the Family Compact, member of the Legislative Assembly and later the Legislative Council
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William Henry Boulton, 8th Mayor of Toronto and member of the Legislative Assembly
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Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
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Henry Sherwood, 13th Parliament of Upper Canada representing Brockville
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Robert Fleming Gourlay
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William Lyon Mackenzie
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Dr Thomas D. Morrison
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Samuel Lount
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See also
In Spanish: Alto Canadá para niños
