The Canadas

The Canadas is the collective name for the provinces of Lower Canada and Upper Canada, two historical British colonies in present-day Canada. The two colonies were formed in 1791, when the British Parliament passed the Constitutional Act, splitting the colonial Province of Quebec into two separate colonies. The Ottawa River formed the border between Lower and Upper Canada.

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Former country.conventional_long_name: Provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada
Former country.common_name: The Canadas
Former country.iso3166code: omit
Former country.year_start: 1791
Former country.year_end: 1841
Former country.p1: Colony of Quebec
Former country.flag_p1: Flag of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg
Former country.s1: Province of Canada
Former country.flag_s1: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Former country.flag_type: Union Flag (1801 version)
Former country.image_flag: Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Former country.flag_alt: Royal Union Flag
Former country.national_anthem: "God Save the King/Queen" File:Rufst du, mein Vaterland (1938).oga
Former country.image_map: Canada upper lower map.PNG
Former country.image_map_alt: Map of the Canadas
Former country.image_map_caption: The Canadas, Upper Canada (orange) and Lower Canada (green) prior to 1809, with contemporary Canada in pink surrounding it

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dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1841-00-00
inception: 1791-01-01

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The Canadas were merged into a single entity in 1841, shortly after Lord Durham published his Report on the Affairs of British North America. His report held several recommendations, most notably union of the Canadas. Acting on his recommendation, the British Parliament passed the Act of Union 1840, which went into effect in 1841, uniting the Canadas into the Province of Canada.