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- Province_of_Canada abstract "The United Province of Canada, or Province of Canada, or the United Canadas was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837–1838.The Act of Union 1840, passed July 23, 1840, by the British Parliament and proclaimed by the Crown on February 10, 1841, merged the two Colonies by abolishing the Parliaments of Upper and Lower Canada and replacing them with a single one with two houses, a Legislative Council as the upper chamber and the Legislative Assembly as the lower chamber. In the aftermath of the Rebellions of 1837–1838, unification of the two Canadas was driven by two factors. Firstly, Upper Canada was near bankruptcy due to a lack of stable tax revenues, and needed the resources of the more populous Lower Canada to fund its internal transportation improvements. And secondly, unification was an attempt to swamp the French vote by giving each of the former provinces the same number of parliamentary seats, despite the larger population of Lower Canada. Although Durham's report had called for both the Union of the Canadas and Responsible Government (i.e., an independent local legislature), only the first was implemented. The new government was to be led by an appointed Governor General accountable only to the British Crown and the King's Ministers. Responsible Government was not to be achieved until the second LaFontaine-Baldwin ministry in 1849.The Province of Canada ceased to exist at Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867, when it was redivided into the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. From 1791 to 1841, the territory roughly corresponding to modern-day Southern Ontario in Canada belonged to the British colony of the Upper Canada, while Labrador and the southern portion of modern-day Quebec belonged to the colony of the Province of Lower Canada (until 1809, when Labrador was transferred to the Colony of Newfoundland). Upper Canada was primarily English-speaking, whereas Lower Canada was primarily French-speaking.".
- Province_of_Canada capital Kingston,_Ontario.
- Province_of_Canada capital Montreal.
- Province_of_Canada capital Ottawa.
- Province_of_Canada capital Quebec_City.
- Province_of_Canada capital Toronto.
- Province_of_Canada currency Canadian_dollar.
- Province_of_Canada currency Canadian_pound.
- Province_of_Canada dissolutionDate "1867-07-01".
- Province_of_Canada dissolutionYear "1867".
- Province_of_Canada foundingDate "1841-02-10".
- Province_of_Canada foundingYear "1841".
- Province_of_Canada governmentType Responsible_government.
- Province_of_Canada thumbnail Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg?width=300.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageExternalLink colonial.pdf.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageID "24247".
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- Province_of_Canada wikiPageRevisionID "707068150".
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink 8th_Parliament_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Act_of_Union_1840.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Allan_MacNab.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Augustin-Norbert_Morin.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink British_North_America.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Burning_of_the_Parliament_Buildings_in_Montreal.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink By-law.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canada_East.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canada_under_British_rule.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Confederation.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_English.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_French.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_dollar.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_pound.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Capital_city.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:1841_establishments_in_the_British_Empire.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:1867_disestablishments.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:British_North_America.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Electoral_districts_of_Canada_East.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_British_colonies.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Former_colonies_in_North_America.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Political_history_of_Ontario.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Political_history_of_Quebec.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Category:States_and_territories_established_in_1841.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Central_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Metcalfe,_1st_Baron_Metcalfe.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Poulett_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Sydenham.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Chartism.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Civil_Code_of_Quebec.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Clear_Grits.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Clergy_reserve.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Commissioner_of_Crown_Lands_(Province_of_Canada).
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Constitution_Act,_1867.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Constitutional_Act_1791.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink David_Willson_(1778–1866).
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Democracy.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Egerton_Ryerson.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Executive_Council_of_Ontario.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Executive_Council_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Family_Compact.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Free_trade.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink French_Canadians.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink French_people.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink George-Étienne_Cartier.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Governor_General_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Grand_Trunk_Railway.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Great_Coalition.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Youle_Hind.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Institut_canadien_de_Montréal.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink James_Bruce,_8th_Earl_of_Elgin.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink John_A._Macdonald.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink John_Lambton,_1st_Earl_of_Durham.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Joint_Premiers_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Kingston,_Ontario.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Labrador.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Legislative_Council_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Liberal-Conservative_Party.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Liberal-Conservative_coalition_of_1854.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Party_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_British_monarchs.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Governors_General_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Joint_Premiers_of_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_Postmasters_General_for_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_by-elections_in_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink List_of_elections_in_the_Province_of_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Louis-Hippolyte_Lafontaine.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Louis-Joseph_Papineau.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Lower_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Montreal.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Montreal_Gazette.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Newfoundland_Colony.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink North_America.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Ontario.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Orange_Order_in_Canada.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Oregon_boundary_dispute.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Ottawa.
- Province_of_Canada wikiPageWikiLink Palliser_Expedition.