Lower Canada

Lower Canada was a colony in Canada and the Subarctic (North America) that lasted from 1791 to 1841 CE, about 50 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

French-speaking colony on the lower St Lawrence under a British governor. The Patriote Rebellion of 1837 to 1838 led Britain to merge it with Upper Canada.

See Lower Canada on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1791 to 1841 CE

Duration

50 years

Type

Colony

Region

Canada and the Subarctic, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Quebec

Came from

• Province of Quebec 1763 to 1791 CE

Became

• Province of Canada 1841 to 1867 CE

Events in North America during its time

• 1803 Louisiana Purchase
• 1838 Trail of Tears

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• Russian America 1799 to 1867 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Spanish Florida 1565 to 1821 CE
• Santa Fe de Nuevo México 1598 to 1821 CE
• Spanish Texas 1690 to 1821 CE
• Cherokee Nation 1794 to 1907 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Republic of Venice c. 697 to 1797 CE, Europe
• Holy Roman Empire 962 to 1806 CE, Europe
• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Portuguese Brazil 1500 to 1815 CE, South America
• New Spain 1521 to 1821 CE, Mesoamerica and Caribbean

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