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Province of Lower Canada
Province du Bas-Canada
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| 1791–1841 | |||||||||||
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| Status | British colony | ||||||||||
| Capital | Quebec City | ||||||||||
| Common languages | French, English | ||||||||||
| Government | Château Clique oligarchy under a Constitutional monarchy |
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• 1791–1820
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George III | ||||||||||
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• 1820–1830
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George IV | ||||||||||
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• 1830–1837
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William IV | ||||||||||
| Lieutenant-Governor and Executive Council of Lower Canada | |||||||||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Lower Canada | ||||||||||
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| Historical era | British Era | ||||||||||
| 26 December 1791 | |||||||||||
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• Act of Union 1840
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10 February 1841 | ||||||||||
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| 1839 | 534,185 km2 (206,250 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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• 1839
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700000 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Canadian pound | ||||||||||
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The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony in Canada. It included Labrador and the southern part of Quebec. It was created in 1791 when Britain split Quebec into two provinces. It was merged in 1841 with the rest of Quebec to form the Province of Canada.
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Constitution of Lower Canada in 1791
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William Lyon Mackenzie, rebellion chief in Upper Canada
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Louis-Joseph Papineau, rebellion chief in Lower Canada
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