Wikipedia

Canada East: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tags: Reverted Visual edit
Confederation was a process, not a noun
 
(16 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{shortShort description|Subdivision of the Province of Canada (1841-671841–67); now the Canadian province of Quebec}}
{{For|the rugby union team that competes in the North America 4 Series|Canada East (rugby team)}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2018}}
 
{{Infobox former country
|native_name = {{nativename|fr|nolink=on|Canada-Est}}
|conventional_long_name = Canada East
|common_name = Canada
|era = [[Canada under British Imperial Control (1764–1867)|Pre-Confederation Era]]
|status = ColonySubdivision of the [[Province of Canada]]
|empire = United Kingdom
|government_type = Constitutional monarchy
Line 30:
|national_motto =
|national_anthem =
|common_languages = [[CanadianQuebec French|French]], [[Canadian English|English]]
|leader1 = [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]]
|year_leader1 = 1841–1867
Line 41:
|today = [[Canada]]
|footnotes =
|p1 = Lower Canada
|flag_p1 = Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
|s1 = Quebec
|flag_s1 = Flag of Quebec.svg
}}
{{History of Quebec}}
 
'''Canada WestEast''' ({{lang-fr|links=no|Canada-Est}}) was the northeastern portion of the United [[Province of Canada]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=J. M. S. Careless|author-link=J. M. S. Careless|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/province-of-canada-1841-67|title=Province of Canada 1841-1867|encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]|publisher=[[Historica Canada]]|access-date=August 20, 2019}}</ref> [[Lord Durham's Report]] investigating the causes of the [[Upper Canada Rebellion|Upper]] and [[Lower Canada Rebellion]]s recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of Canada, was created by the [[Act of Union 1840]] passed by the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom]], having effect in 1841. For administrative purposes, the new Province was subdivided into Canada West and Canada East. The former name of "Lower Canada" came back into official use in 1849, and as of the [[Canadian Confederation]] of 1867 it formed the newly created province of [[Quebec]].
 
An estimated 890,000 people lived in Canada East in 1851.<ref name = pop/>
 
==Geography==
It consisted of the southern portion of the modern-day [[Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]]. It Formerlywas a former [[United Kingdom|British]] colony called the Province of [[Lower Canada]],. basedBased on [[Durham Report on the Affairs of British North America|Lord Durham's report]] it was merged with the Province of [[Upper Canada]] (present-day southern portion of the Province of [[Ontario]]) to create the United Province of Canada.
 
==Language==
Line 60 ⟶ 64:
From 1841 to 1843, the terms Canada East and Canada West were used. The former names of the two colonies, ''Lower Canada'' and ''Upper Canada'', had no constitutional status.
 
From April 25, 1849, the Canadian Parliament enacted an interpretation act, which once again gave legal meaning to the terms ''Lower Canada'' and ''Upper Canada'':<ref>Statutes of Canada, 12 Vict., c. 10, s. V.</ref>
 
:{{block quote|The words "Lower Canada," shall mean all that part of this Province [thatwhich is,formerly theconstituted Unitedthe Province of Lower Canada]. The words "Upper Canada," shall mean all that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of LowerUpper Canada.}}
:The words "Upper Canada," shall mean all that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada.<ref>Statutes of Canada, 12 Vict., c. 10, s. V.</ref>
 
== 1866 Fenian raids ==
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_East"