Upper 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 Upper Canada |
| 8 Jul 1792 | the Province of Upper Canada is placed under the administration of the Lieutenant Governor and Council in accordance with a royal commission of 12 Sep 1791 which was read and published on 8 Jul 1792 at Kingston (Upper Canada Executive Council Minutes 1792-1796, p. 1) |
| 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; Upper Canada Gazette, Extra, 9 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 Atnerica," 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