Lower Canada: Polity Style: 1791-1841 |
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| 26 Dec 1791 | the Province of Quebec is divided into the Province of Upper Canada and the Province of Lower Canada on the date (26 Dec 1791) appointed by a royal proclamation of 18 Nov 1791 in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain (House of Commons on 18 May 1791; House of Lords on 6 Jun 1791 with amendments; the amendments were agreed to by the House of Commons on 7 Jun 1791; received royal assent on 10 Jun 1791) (Pickering's Statutes at Large, vol. 37, part 2, pp. 294-310; Quebec Gazette, No. 1378, 1 Dec 1791, p. 1; Quebec and Upper Canada Proclamations 1760-1841, pp. 169-171) [1] |
| 26 Dec 1791 - 9 Feb 1841 | Province of Lower Canada :: Province du Bas-Canada |
| 10 Feb 1841 | the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada constituted a province under the name of the Province of Canada on the date (10 Feb 1841) appointed by a proclamation issued by the Governor-in-Chief of the Provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada on 5 Feb 1841 in accordance with an act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Commons on 18 Jun 1840, House of Lords on 13 Jul 1840 with amendments; the amendments were agreed to by the House of Commons on 15 Jul 1840; received royal assent on 23 Jul 1840) (Public General Acts, 1840, pp. 186-206; Quebec Gazette (New Series), Supplement, 6 Feb 1841, p. 1) [2] |
- Full title: An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act, passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America," and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province.
- Full title: An Act to reunite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada.
Last update: 17 Jan 2024