Upper Canada is an old British name for the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Province of Upper Canada |
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 Map of Upper Canada (in orange) with 21st-century Canada (in pink) surrounding it |
| Status | British colony |
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| 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 |
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| Government | Family Compact oligarchy
under a
Constitutional monarchy |
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• 1791–1820 | George III |
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• 1820–1830 | George IV |
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• 1830–1837 | William IV |
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• 1837–1841 | Victoria |
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| Lieutenant-Governor; Executive Council of Upper Canada | |
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| Legislature | Parliament of Upper Canada |
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| Legislative Council |
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| Legislative Assembly |
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| Historical era | British Era |
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| 26 December 1791 |
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• Act of Union 1840 | 10 February 1841 |
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| 1836[1] | 258,999 km2 (100,000 sq mi) |
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| 358187 |
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| Currency | Halifax pound |
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| Preceded by | Succeeded by |
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| United Province of Canada |
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| Today part of | |
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