Union of the Canadas

GPTKB entity

Properties (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf political union
gptkbp:area approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Toronto
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Legislative_Assembly_of_the_Province_of_Canada
gptkbp:composedOf gptkb:Canada_West
gptkb:Canada_East
gptkbp:currency Canadian_pound
gptkbp:dissolved 1867
gptkbp:established Act of Union 1840
gptkbp:events Confederation debates
Rebellions of 1837–1838
Political deadlock
gptkbp:formed 1841
gptkbp:governmentType Parliamentary system
gptkbp:historical_significance first step towards Canadian Confederation
gptkbp:historicalContext gptkb:British_North_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Union of the Canadas
gptkbp:language English
French
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:George_Brown
gptkb:Antoine-Aimé_Dorion
gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkb:Francis_Hincks
George-Étienne Cartier
gptkbp:party gptkb:Conservative_Party_of_Canada
Clear Grits
gptkbp:population approximately 1.5 million
gptkbp:related_to gptkb:Constitutional_Act_of_1791
Provincial government
Act of Union 1840
British_colonial_policy
Canadian_history
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Dominion_of_Canada
gptkbp:successor Province_of_Canada