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gptkbp:instanceOf
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historical region
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gptkbp:area
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approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers
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gptkbp:borderedBy
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gptkb:Lake_Huron
gptkb:Quebec
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Lake_Ontario
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gptkbp:capital
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York
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gptkbp:cultural_impact
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British
Indigenous peoples
Loyalists
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gptkbp:currency
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gptkb:Canadian_dollar
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gptkbp:demographics
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predominantly_English-speaking
influx_of_Irish_immigrants
influx_of_Loyalist_settlers
influx_of_Scottish_immigrants
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gptkbp:dissolved
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1841
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gptkbp:economy
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agriculture
fur trade
timber industry
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Toronto
gptkb:King's_College
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gptkbp:established
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1791
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gptkbp:governs
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Constitutional monarchy
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gptkbp:historical_significance
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part_of_the_Province_of_Canada
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gptkbp:historicalEvent
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Rebellions of 1837
Act of Union 1840
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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gptkb:Constitution_Act_1791
Union Act 1840
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Secured Upper Canada
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gptkbp:language
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English
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gptkbp:legislation
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Municipal Corporations Act
Education Act 1841
Clergy Reserves Act
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gptkbp:majorCity
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gptkb:Toronto
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gptkbp:notable_event
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War of 1812
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gptkbp:notableFigures
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gptkb:George_Brown
gptkb:John_Graves_Simcoe
gptkb:Robert_Baldwin
gptkb:William_Lyon_Mackenzie
Francis_Bond_Head
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:Toronto_Harbour
gptkb:Niagara_Falls_Power_Project
gptkb:Rideau_Canal
gptkb:Welland_Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Upper_Canada
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gptkbp:population
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approximately 500,000 in 1830s
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gptkbp:religion
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Anglicanism
Catholicism
Methodism
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gptkbp:transportation
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Canals
Railroads
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