Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony in Canada. It included Labrador and the southern part of Quebec. It was created in 1791 when Britain split Quebec into two provinces. It was merged in 1841 with the rest of Quebec to form the Province of Canada.
Province of Lower Canada Province du Bas-Canada | |||||||||||
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| 1791–1841 | |||||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Quebec City | ||||||||||
| Common languages | French, English | ||||||||||
| Government | Château Clique oligarchy under a Constitutional monarchy | ||||||||||
| Sovereign | |||||||||||
• 1791–1820 | George III | ||||||||||
• 1820–1830 | George IV | ||||||||||
• 1830–1837 | William IV | ||||||||||
• 1837–1841 | Victoria | ||||||||||
| Lieutenant-Governor and Executive Council of Lower Canada | |||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Lower Canada | ||||||||||
| Legislative Council | |||||||||||
| Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||
| Historical era | British Era | ||||||||||
• | 26 December 1791 | ||||||||||
• | 10 February 1841 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1839[1] | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1839[1] | 700000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Canadian pound | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||||
Lower Canada Media
Rufst du, mein Vaterland, God Save the King, Oben am jungen Rhein and Kongesangen (1938)
Constitution of Lower Canada in 1791
Current route marker seen along the Chemin
Louis-Joseph Papineau, rebellion chief in Lower Canada
References
- ↑ "The emigrant's handbook of facts concerning Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Cape of Good Hope, &c". Open Library. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
