Upper Canada

GPTKB entity

Statements (74)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:region
gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:area approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers
gptkbp:bordered_by gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkbp:capital gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:climate Humid continental
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Rebellions_of_1837
gptkb:War_of_1812
gptkbp:coordinates gptkb:Southern_Ontario
gptkbp:cultural_events Upper Canada Fairs
gptkbp:cultural_heritage Loyalist heritage
gptkbp:cultural_influence gptkb:British
Loyalist heritage
gptkbp:demographics Predominantly English-speaking
Diverse population including Loyalists and Indigenous peoples
gptkbp:dissolved 1841
gptkbp:economy gptkb:Agriculture
gptkbp:education_system Common schools
Anglophone
gptkbp:established 1788
1791
gptkbp:established_in 1791
gptkbp:famous_event gptkb:Toronto_International_Film_Festival
gptkb:Canadian_National_Exhibition
gptkbp:famous_landmark gptkb:Niagara_Falls
gptkbp:flag Upper Canada flag
gptkbp:founded_by gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:geographical_feature gptkb:lakes
gptkbp:government Parliamentary democracy
gptkbp:government_type gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:historical_documentation gptkb:Constitutional_Act_of_1791
gptkb:Act_of_Union_1840
gptkbp:historical_event gptkb:Constitutional_Act_of_1791
gptkbp:historical_region gptkb:Ontario
gptkbp:historical_significance gptkb:War_of_1812
British colonial history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Upper Canada
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legal_framework British common law
gptkbp:legislation Municipal Corporations Act
Education Act 1841
Clergy Reserves Act
gptkbp:major_city gptkb:Windsor
gptkb:London
gptkb:Toronto
gptkb:Niagara-on-the-Lake
gptkb:Hamilton
gptkb:Kingston
gptkbp:major_industry gptkb:textiles
gptkb:Shipbuilding
Farming
Mining
Timber industry
gptkbp:merged_with gptkb:Lower_Canada
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:War_of_1812
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:George_Brown
gptkb:John_Graves_Simcoe
gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkb:Robert_Baldwin
gptkb:Francis_Hincks
gptkb:William_Lyon_Mackenzie
gptkb:George-Étienne_Cartier
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Canada
gptkbp:population approximately 500,000 (in 1830s)
1,000,000 (circa 1830)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Ontario
gptkbp:social_structure gptkb:Legislative_body
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Canada_West
gptkbp:transportation gptkb:canal
Canals and roads
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alias_Grace:_A_Novel
gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4