Upper Canada
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The Province of Upper Canada was one of the two Provinces of The Canadas established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain to govern the central portion of the lands in British North America, former
The third Parliament Building in York, built between 1829 and 1832 at Front Street
Bishop Strachan, the acknowledged Anglican leader of the Family Compact
John Robinson, acknowledged leader of the Family Compact, member of the Legislative Assembly and later the Legislative Council
Sir Allan Napier MacNab, 1st Baronet of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
Lower Canada
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The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern port
Upper Canada
…prefix in the name reflects its geographic position along the Great Lakes, mostly above the headwaters of the Saint Lawrence River, contrasted with Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) to the northeast. Upper Canada was the primary destination of Loyalist refugees and settlers from the United States after the…
William Lyon Mackenzie, rebellion chief in Upper Canada
Louis-Joseph Papineau, rebellion chief in Lower Canada