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'''Canada East''' is big({{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]].