Upper Canada. Inspector General's Office

• Inspector General's Office

The first Inspector General for Upper Canada, John McGill, was appointed on July 1, 1801. Four other individuals held this office between 1801 and 1842. These were James Baby (1815-1833), George Herkimer Markland (1833-1838), James Nation (acting Inspector General in 1838) and John Macaulay (1838-1842).

Although the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada were united in February 1841, John Macaulay continued to act as Inspector General for Upper Canada until June 8, 1842. At this time, Macaulay was succeeded by Francis Hincks, who became Inspector General for the United Province of Canada.

The Office of the Inspector General was responsible for the examination and inspection of the accounts of the Province of Upper Canada. The duties of the office included: ensuring that all claims against the government were supported by vouchers; ensuring that moneys issued by the government were applied to the purposes for which they were intended; ensuring that all revenues were brought to account; examining, entering and countersigning all warrants for the expenditure of public money; reporting upon the petitions of persons applying for privilege in respect of grants of lands as United Empire Loyalists, or their children, or as military claimants or settlers; and for preparing statements and reporting to the Legislative Assembly upon the receipts and expenditures of the Public Revenue.

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

2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

Armstrong, Frederick. Handbook of Upper Canadian Chronology and Territorial Legislation (1967)

Bishop, Olga. Publications of the Province of Upper Canada and Great Britain, 1791-1840 (1984)

Journal of the Legislative Assembly (1st Parliament, 2nd Session) 1842

Dictionary of Canadian Biography [for James Baby and John Macaulay]

Archivist(s):
R. Anger; Hopp