The Province of Upper Canada (French: province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763.

2020年5月11日 · Upper and Lower Canada were formed by the Constitutional Act of 1791 in response to the wave of United Empire Loyalists moving north from the United States into the French-speaking province of Quebec following the American Revolution (1765-1783).

2006年2月7日 · Upper Canada was a wilderness society settled largely by Loyalists and land-hungry farmers moving north from the United States. Upper Canada endured the War of 1812 with America, William Lyon Mackenzie ’s Rebellion of 1837, the colonial rule of the Family Compact and half a century of economic and political growing pains.

Following the Constitutional Act of 1791, the colony of Quebec was divided to create Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) and Lower Canada (present-day Québec). Military and civilian settlers submitted petitions to the Governor to obtain Crown land.

Upper Canada is an old British name for the Canadian province of Ontario.

2024年6月27日 · Upper Canada, also known as the region in Canada now known as Ontario, is still known as Ontario today. The name “Upper Canada” was used from 1841 to 1867, but it is now commonly referred to as Ontario.

Canada West, in Canadian history, the region in Canada now known as Ontario. From 1791 to 1841 the region was known as Upper Canada and from 1841 to 1867 as Canada West, though the two names continued to be employed interchangeably. Canada West was settled primarily by English-speaking immigrants.

York was a town and the second capital of the colony of Upper Canada. It is the predecessor to the old city of Toronto (1834–1998). It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for the capital of Upper Canada, while he made plans to build a capital near today's London, Ontario.

2024年10月11日 · The Upper Canada Rebellion was an uprising against the oligarchic government of Upper Canada (now Ontario) that occurred in December 1837. Image: William Lyon Mackenzie, one of the major figures during the rebellion.

2024年9月11日 · Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg, Ontario, is one of Canada's premier historical attractions. Nestled along the shores of the St. Lawrence River, this living history museum offers visitors an immersive journey back to the 1860s, vividly portraying life in rural Upper Canada during the mid-19th century.