Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes and Importance of the Emigration which takes place Annually from Lower Canada to the United States

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Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes and Importance of the Emigration which takes place Annually from Lower Canada to the United States

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    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes and Importance of the Emigration which takes place Annually from Lower Canada to the United States

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1849

      History

      Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. The Chairman of this Committee was Pierre J.O. Chauveau. The Committee presented its report on May 29, 1849.

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      Functions, occupations and activities

      This select committee examined the causes that led to emigration from Lower Canada (Quebec) to the United States.

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      Related entity

      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1841-1867)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA12

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes and Importance of the Emigration which takes place Annually from Lower Canada to the United States

      Dates of relationship

      1849

      Description of relationship

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      Authority record identifier

      CA1007

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.

          Maintenance notes

          Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24. Also not found in Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports.


          Archivist(s):
          Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk