Identity area
Type of entity
Higher-level Ontario government office (type A)
Authorized form of name
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Legislative Assembly
Other form(s) of name
Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Canada. Legislative Assembly
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1841-1867
History
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was formed in 1841 when the former colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada were united to form the Province of Canada.
The Legislative Assembly was one of two bodies that together formed the Legislature of the Province of Canada. The Upper House of the Legislature, the Legislative Council, was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and could reject or amend the bills of the Legislative Assembly.
The Legislative Assembly periodically struck committees to examine particular addresses, bills, resolutions or petitions. The committees generally issued their reports and then dissolved.
The Legislative Assembly continued to exist until 1867 at Confederation, and was replaced at the federal level by the Parliament of Canada, and at the provincial level by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Legislative Assembly (currently the Assemblee Nationale) of Quebec.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the representative assembly for the people of the Province of Canada. Although the Assembly could consider and approve bills, their power to effect legislation was limited.
Address
Union Act, Statutes of Great Britain 1840, Chap. 35
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee on the Contract of John Counter and the Junction Canal (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1016
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee on the Contract of John Counter and the Junction Canal is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee to whom were referred the resolutions passed by the Legislative Assembly, on the sixteenth day of June, 1850, on the subject of Seigniorial Tenure (1850-1851)
Identifier of related entity
CA1009
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee to whom were referred the resolutions passed by the Legislative Assembly, on the sixteenth day of June, 1850, on the subject of Seigniorial Tenure is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1850-1851
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee on Emigration (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1015
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee on Emigration is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes which retard the Settlement of the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada (1851)
Identifier of related entity
CA1008
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee appointed to inquire into the Causes which retard the Settlement of the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1851
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House (1856)
Identifier of related entity
CA1012
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Truth of Certain Charges Preferred Against Mr. George Brown, a Member of this House is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1856
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Condition, Management and Prospects of the Grand Trunk Railway Company (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1017
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Special Committee Appointed to Inquire and Report as to the Condition, Management and Prospects of the Grand Trunk Railway Company is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to whom was Referred the Annual Report of the Chief Emigration Agent, and Supplementary Report of the German Assistant at Quebec (1860)
Identifier of related entity
CA1021
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to whom was Referred the Annual Report of the Chief Emigration Agent, and Supplementary Report of the German Assistant at Quebec is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1860
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1019
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee to which was Referred the Petition of Rowland Burr, of the City of Toronto, on the Subject of a Canal to connect the Georgian Bay on Lake Huron, with the Waters of Lake Ontario, at Toronto is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Woodstock and Lake Erie Railway and Harbor Company (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1014
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Woodstock and Lake Erie Railway and Harbor Company is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Enacting a Stringent Prohibitory Liquor Law (1859)
Identifier of related entity
CA1020
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Enacting a Stringent Prohibitory Liquor Law is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1859
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron (1863)
Identifier of related entity
CA1022
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of Constructing a Navigable Line of Communication between Montreal and Lake Huron is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1863
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of a Ship Canal between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario via Lake Simcoe (1864)
Identifier of related entity
CA1023
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Subject of a Ship Canal between Georgian Bay and Lake Ontario via Lake Simcoe is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1864
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Petition of Samuel Gamble, and others, of the Townships of Walpole and Woodhouse (1847)
Identifier of related entity
CA1006
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Petition of Samuel Gamble, and others, of the Townships of Walpole and Woodhouse is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1847
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Management of the Public Lands (1854-1855)
Identifier of related entity
CA1011
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Management of the Public Lands is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1854-1855
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company (1857)
Identifier of related entity
CA1018
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Hudson's Bay Company is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1857
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields (1865)
Identifier of related entity
CA1025
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1865
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration (1854-1855)
Identifier of related entity
CA1010
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Charges against the Late Administration is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1854-1855
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee in Relation to the Supervision of Cullers' Office (1865)
Identifier of related entity
CA1024
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee in Relation to the Supervision of Cullers' Office is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1865
Description of relationship
Related entity
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 (1849)
Identifier of related entity
CA1007
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
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 is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1849
Description of relationship
Related entity
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company (1856)
Identifier of related entity
CA1013
Category of relationship
hierarchical
Type of relationship
Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Committee Appointed to Enquire into the Transactions of the Montreal and Bytown Railway Company is controlled by Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
1856
Description of relationship
Related entity
Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly (1791-1841)
Identifier of related entity
AA55
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Upper Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly is the predecessor of Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Related entity
Ontario. Legislative Assembly (1867-)
Identifier of related entity
AA23
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Ontario. Legislative Assembly is the successor of Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Epithet
Control area
Authority record identifier
AA12
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
Status
For Review
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Canadian Encyclopedia.
Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12- 24
Maintenance notes
Archivist(s):
R. Anger