Upper Canada

Province of Lower Canada (1791-1841), Republic of Lower Canada (1837-1838)

British Colony (1791-1841), Rebel Republic (1837-1838)

Location: Southern Ontario

Capital City: Newark (1791-1796), York (1796-1834), Toronto (1834-1841)

Government type: British Colony (1791-1841), Provisional Government (1837-1838)

Main languages: English

Main religions: Protestant Christianity

Chronology

1841: Old Province of Quebec split into Francophone Lower Canada and Anglophone Upper Canada

1837-1838: Rebels led by William Lyon MacKenzie declare short-lived Republic of Upper Canada at Navy Island

1841: United with Upper Canada to become the province of Canada East within the united Province of Canada

Currency

Pound (1805-1841)

1 Pound = 20 Shillings = 240 Pence

Coins from Upper Canada in the collection

•1/2 Penny, 1816 (King George III (1760-1820), copper, CCT#UC-6A6)

•1/2 Penny, 1833 (King William IV (1830-1837), copper, CCT#UC-12)