The Canadas
Sign in to saveThe 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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Within Vinony's link graph, The Canadas is referenced by 202 other articles, and connects out to Province of Quebec, United Empire Loyalist and India.
Vinony files it under 1791 establishments in the British Empire, 1841 disestablishments in North America and Former British colonies and protectorates in the Americas.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- crown colony
- Has part
- Upper Canada
- Country
- Canada
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- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1841-00-00
- replaced by
- Province of Canada
- replaces
- Province of Quebec
- inception
- 1791-01-01
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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.
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.
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