Upper Canada
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former British colony in North America
Key facts
- 1823
- 150,196
- 1836
- 258,999 km (100,000 sq mi)
- Status
- British colony
- Capital
- Newark 1792–1796 (renamed Niagara 1798, Niagara-on-the-Lake 1970), York (later renamed Toronto in 1834) 1796–1841
- Common languages
- English
- Religion
- Church of England ( Official )
- Government
- Family Compact
- 1791 1820
- George III
- 1820 1830
- George IV
- 1830 1837
- William IV
- 1837 1841
- Victoria
- Legislature
- Parliament of Upper Canada
- Upper house
- Legislative Council
- Lower house
- Legislative Assembly
- Historical era
- British Era
- Constitutional act 1791
- 26 December 1791
- Act of union 1840
- 10 February 1841
- Currency
- Halifax pound
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