See also: 1790 in Canada, other events of 1791, 1792 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. See also 1789 in Canada, other events of 1790, 1791 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events Catherine II grants a monopoly of furs in Alaska to Grigorii Shelikov This is a timeline of the History of Canada. Early BC Canada Early AD Canada 1000s 1400s
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- 1791-95 - British Captain George Vancouver explores Northwest Coast exhaustively with two ships, but finds no Northwest Passage. Captain George Vancouver The Northwest Passage is a sea route through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways amidst the Canadian Arctic Archipelago
- Edmund Burke supports the proposed constitution for Canada, saying that: "To attempt to amalgamate two populations, composed of races of men diverse in language, laws and habitudes, is a complete absurdity. Edmund Burke ( 12 January, 1729 9 July, 1797) was an Irish statesman author orator Political theorist, and Let the proposed constitution be founded on man's nature, the only solid basis for an enduring government.
- Fox declares that England can retain Canada "through the good will of the Canadians, alone. "
- Lord Grenville, denying that Canadian attachment to French jurisprudence is due to prejudice, says it is founded "on the noblest sentiments of the human breast. William Wyndham Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PC (25 October 1759 &ndash 12 January 1834 was a British Whig Statesman and Prime Minister "
- George Vancouver leaves England to explore the west coast; Alejandro Malaspina also explores the northwest coast for Spain. Alessandro Malaspina (also spelled Alexandro and Alejandro; November 5, 1754 - April 9, 1810) was an Italian
- In response to Loyalist demands, the Constitutional Act of 1791 divides Quebec into Lower Canada (mostly French) and Upper Canada (mostly English who recently migrated from America). This article concerns Loyalists in the American Revolution. For information on the role of those Loyalists in Canadian history after their emigration see United Empire The Constitutional Act of 1791 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (1791 (31 Geo The Province of Lower Canada (French Province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the The Province of Upper Canada (French Province du Haut-Canada) was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario In so doing, the Crown hopes to create a stable society that is distinctly non-American. Although French-Canadians retain the privileges granted by the Quebec Act, the Anglican church receives preferred status, including the clergy reserves. The Quebec Act of 1774 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain (citation 14 Geo Clergy Reserves were tracts of land in Upper Canada reserved for the support of " Protestant Clergy " by the Constitutional Act of 1791
An Anglo-French colonial aristocracy of rich merchants, leading officials, and landholders is expected to work with the royal governors to ensure proper order. Legislative assemblies, although elected by propertied voters, have little real power.
- Population of Lower Canada is 160,000. Population of Upper Canada is 14,000.
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