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	Parliament of Canada - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Parliament of Canada (in French: le Parlement du Canada) is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
		The Parliament of Canada was granted limited power to amend the Constitution by a British Act of Parliament in 1949, but it was not permitted to affect the powers of provincial governments, the official positions of the English and French languages, or the five-year term of Parliament.
		The Parliament of Canada last requested the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enact a constitutional amendment in 1982, when the Canada Act 1982 was requested and passed.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Parliament_of_Canada (3953 words)

	Upper Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Upper Canada became a political entity in 1791 with the passage, in 1790, of the Constitutional Act by the Parliament of Great Britain.
		Upper Canada ceased to be a political entity with the Act of Union (1840), when, by an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, it was merged with Lower Canada to form the Province of United Canada.
		At Confederation in 1867, the Province of Canada was re-divided along the former boundary as the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Upper_Canada (898 words)

	Facts about topic: (Parliament of Canada) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Parliament of Canada last requested the Parliament of the United Kingdom to enact a constitutional amendment in 1982, when the Canada Act 1982 (additional info and facts about Canada Act 1982) was requested and passed.
		The Queen of Canada (additional info and facts about Queen of Canada) (in French la Reine) (presently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (additional info and facts about Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II)) is one of the three components of Parliament.
		For instance, Parliament regulates marriage (The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)) and divorce (The legal dissolution of a marriage) in general, but the solemnization of marriage is regulated only by the Legislatures.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/parliament_of_canada.htm (4098 words)

	Parliament Buildings (Canada) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Parliament Buildings (Canada)
		The principal buildings here are three Neo-Gothic structures containing the two-chamber Houses of Parliament and government administrative offices.
		The chimes of the bells in the 90 m/295 ft-tall Peace Tower surmounting the parliament building are broadcast throughout Canada as a time signal.
		Parliament Hill is at the top of a limestone bluff above the Ottawa River.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Parliament+Buildings+(Canada) (281 words)

	Parliament of Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Parliament of Canada (French: Parlement du Canada) is Canada's legislative branch, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario.
		The upper house, the Senate, rarely opposes the will of the other Chamber, and the duties of the Sovereign and Governor General are purely ceremonial.
		The House of Commons, not the Senate, is the responsible House of Parliament, meaning that the Government is answerable to it alone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_of_Canada (4210 words)

	Encyclopedia: Upper Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Upper Canada is an early name for the land at the upstream end of the Saint Lawrence River in early North America â“ the territory south of Lake Nipissing and north of the St.
		The Upper Canada Rebellion was, along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the colonial government in 1837 and 1838.
		In Upper Canada, one of the most controversial issues in the early 19th century was the allocation of land.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Upper-Canada (620 words)

	Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Parliament Buildings of Upper Canada was housed in Navy Hall in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, but it was relocated to York, Upper Canada (now Toronto, Ontario in 1794.
		The second Parliament was built at the foot of Parliament Street at Front Street.
		The complex of three buildings, 2 wood and 1 brick, was burned to the ground in 1813 by invading American troops during the War of 1812.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_Buildings_of_Upper_Canada (136 words)

	Architectural History: 1759-1867
		Upper Canada was scarcely populated until Loyalists began migrating to Canada.
		Newark (Niagara-on-the-Lake) was established in 1792 as the capital of Upper Canada.
		French-Canadian builders contributed to spreading building techniques with which they were familiar, and the Loyalists coming from various parts of the United States did the same.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1SEC793238 (322 words)

	Parliament of Canada
		The Parliament of Canada is Canada's democratic legislative branch, seated at Ottawa, Ontario.
		Parliament is housed in a complex on Parliament Hill, a very scenic location on the banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, in a Gothic Revival suite of buildings.
		Parliament met for the first time in the new building on 8 June 1866.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/parliament_of_canada (651 words)

	Early Canada Historical Narratives -- The 1st Parliament of Upper Canada
		One of these buildings was converted for use as the council chamber for later sessions of the Legislature.
		It was a plain frame building used for the accommodation of commanders of the British sloops-of-war on Lake Ontario and for housing stores to supply the vessels on the western part of the lake.
		Originally it was not so much one building, as a cluster of buildings, one a long structure located at right-angles to the river and three others beside it which were parallel to the river.
	www.uppercanadahistory.ca /pp/pp2.html (2251 words)

	Parliament Buildings, Toronto, 1826-1892 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first two sets of legislative buildings of Upper Canada burned to the ground, the first at the hands of the invading Americans in 1813 (the U.S. and Britain were fighting the War of 1812), the second of natural causes in 1824.
		But a riot in Montreal in 1849, during which the parliament buildings were destroyed by fire, led to a further change: it was decided that the current session would be finished in Toronto, after which the set of government would alternate every four years between Toronto and Quebec.
		While parliament was in Quebec, the Toronto buildings were used as law courts, a university, a barracks and an asylum for the insane.
	schools.tdsb.on.ca /jarvisci/toronto/parl1826.htm (301 words)

	Flags of Canada, Chronology
		Canada is granted a Coat of Arms by George V. This causes changes in the flag of the Governor General and, in 1922, the Canadian ensigns.
		Canada's Coat of Arms is amended: the woman's torso on the harp is changed to the old celtic harp and the maple leaves are changed from green to red.
		Parliament approves the continued use of the Union Flag as a symbol of Canada's membership in the Commonwealth of Nations and of her allegiance to the Crown.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Appendicies/Chronology.html (3940 words)

	Historical Summary - Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Upper Canada's European colonization has continued since the American Revolution with Late Loyalists now settling the Niagara peninsula, the Bay of Quinte on the north shore of the St. Lawrence, and lower Ottawa valley, with many aboriginal peoples receiving new lands along the Grand River.
		The parliament buildings are completed and the Canadian Provincial government moves in, but Prince Edward Island flatly rejects the BNA Resolutions and opts out.
		Consensus among the remaining provinces is reached, John A. Macdonald presents the British Parliament with the Resolutions, and the Queen ascends.
	www.ccma.ca /~mbone/webtree/history-ca.htm (3007 words)

	Parliament Hill - The History of Ottawa
		Standing on Parliament Hill and overlooking the Ottawa River, the three gothic structures that comprise the home of Canada's government are perhaps the most recognizable buildings in the country.
		The entrance to Parliament Hill is marked by the Centennial Flame, lit to celebrate the country's birthday in 1967.
		Canada's stone Parliament Buildings are adorned with intricate carvings, gargoyles and friezes.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /parliament_buildings_facts.html (519 words)

	Canada in the Making - Specific Events & Topics
		Canada has inherited two systems of law: civil law from the French and Common law from the English.
		This practice was followed in Canada until the passing of the Constitution Act, 1982, which set down individual rights along American lines in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
		The development of a bilingual civil code for Canada East (still called Lower Canada in its title) began in 1857, and was intended to reconcile the problems that had developed from the mixing of British Common law and the Custom of Paris.
	www.canadiana.org /citm/specifique/lois_e.html (1291 words)

	boldts.net - Toronto - Parliament Square
		Parliament Square, at the foot of Parliament Street, was the site of the parliament buildings when the capital of Upper Canada moved from Niagara to York in 1793.
		The buildings were set fire during the occupation of York by American troops from April 27 to May 2 1813.
		The buildings were rebuilt by 1820, but in 1824 were destroyed in another fire.
	www.boldts.net /TorPs.shtml (151 words)

	Parliament Hill Tour - The History of Parliament Hill
		Although the buildings are alive with the drama of modern day debates, the echoes of times and personalities long since past still linger in the chambers and halls.
		The Centre, East and West blocks of the Parliament Buildings were built between 1859 and 1866 (excluding the Peace Tower and Library).
		One year after their completion, Confederation was ushered in and the buildings were immediately chosen as the seat of government for the new Dominion of Canada.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /parliament/p_2.html (898 words)

	History of Cabbagetown Toronto
		Parliament St., the "main" street of Cabbagetown was named such because the first government buildings of Upper Canada were built near its foot between 1794 and 1797.
		To the west of Parliament Street was and is Moss Park, a neighbourhood now the temporary home or lighting place of a more transient type of slum-dweller.
		Parliament of Upper Canada, which was located at the southwest corner of Parliament and Front Streets.
	www.cabbagetown.biz /about/history.htm (1244 words)

	Muddy York Reach Taddle Creek
		Buildings and sites to note along this stretch include: Metropolitan United Church at Church Street, which marks the site of McGill Cottage, the home of Captain John McGill, and the site of Hazelburn, the home of Samuel Jarvis, at Jarvis Street.
		The Sun Publishing building east of Princess and between King and Front is on the site of The York Hotel.
		Lawrence Foundry 136 Front Street East; the First Parliament Buildings in Toronto (second in the Province) lay to the south.
	www.lostrivers.ca /MudYrkRch.htm (1054 words)

	issues
		The burning of these buildings by American forces and the retaliation of the British by the burning of the Congress during the War of 1812 attests to their international significance.
		The first parliament site is rich with history, being also the location of a War of 1812 blockhouse, a mid-Victorian prison and one of the city's first coal gas plants.
		A recreation of the original parliament buildings can be developed, either through bricks and mortar or digital technology, as a memoraial to the founders of Upper Canada.
	www.heritagetoronto.org /issues/parl1.htm (800 words)

	Eye - Countdown to save history - 11.28.02
		This is the site of the first parliament buildings in Upper Canada built in 1797 (giving the adjacent street its now weird-sounding name), which were burned down by American troops who invaded Canada in 1813 and torched many structures in the Town of York.
		They were rebuilt and the second parliament buildings erected here, although they too burned down, this time by accident.
		He notes that they were brick buildings, the first brick buildings in York, and were referred to as "palaces" -- the Palaces of Government -- which is why Front Street was once called Palace Street.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_11.28.02/news/citystate.html (838 words)

	General Brock.com — News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Up in flames: The first Parliament buildings of Upper Canada stood from 1797 to 1813, when they were burned by American forces during the War of 1812.
		The First Parliament Buildings for the Province of Ontario, known then as Upper Canada, were constructed at the site in 1796.
		The buildings were burned by the Americans in the War of 1812, reconstructed in 1819 and accidentally burned in 1824.
	www.generalbrock.com /level2/articles/news/city.htm (421 words)

	Historic Buildings \| History of Toronto and County of York
		In one structure, these municipal buildings combined a City Hall, in the east portion, and Court-House, in the west.
		The building, constructed mostly of Credit River Valley sandstone, was begun in 1889 but not opened until September 18, 1899.
		Queen's Park was long considered as a location for new parliament buildings and in 1879-80 their construction was authorized by the Ontario Legislature and city council, and an inconclusive design competition was held.
	www.historyoftoronto.ca /history/buildings1.html (876 words)

	Toronto Historical Association - August 2002 News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The next stage is to remove the modern floors, which are currently holding the base of the building together, recreate the bottom sills and replace the missing planks.
		It is hoped that the outside of the building will be completed in the Fall and the interiors during the winter months.
		The concept is to humanize the past by saluting a broad range of ordinary and extraordinary men and women who have contributed to Canada's rich heritage, and who have, at one time or another, made Cabbagetown, this historic area of Ontario, their home.
	www.tha.on.ca /news/aug2002.htm (1681 words)

	Ian Panabaker — Selected Projects
		The pink image indicates the footprint of the original parliament buildings on the block bounded by Parliament and Front streets.
		One of the original attempts was for architectural historian Stephen Otto as a tool to confirm the location of the original parliament buildings of Upper Canada.
		The varied historical purposes of the CNE lands are overlaid to determine the archaeological impact of the new construction.
	homepage.mac.com /ipanabaker/Portfolio/Overlays.html (161 words)

	- Grand River Branch - United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The political ideas of the United Empire Loyalists were crucial in the formation of parliamentary government in Upper Canada and also in the pre-1867 confederation debates.
		In 1797, parliament was moved to the village of York (Toronto), because Newark was situated at the mouth of the Niagara River, opposite an American fort and potential enemy.
		The first parliament of Upper Canada was opened with as much pomp and circumstance as Lieutenant-Governor Simcoe could manage in a wilderness setting.
	www.grandriveruel.ca /Newsletter_Reprints/92v4n2Historical_Events_1992.htm (859 words)

	TrekAmerica
		Winnipeg, Canada's gateway to the West and capital of Manitoba, reflects the multicultural background of the more than two and a half million immigrants who opened Canada's prairies in the early years of the twentieth century.
		Prepare to be awestruck by the silence, the solitude and the immensity of Canada's northland.
		Ontario is the industrial heartland of Canada, the most populous and, in many respects, the most varied province-home of the largest city (Toronto), the highest free-standing structure in the world (the CN Tower in Toronto), one of the world's most famous honeymoon capitals (Niagara Falls), and Point Pelee, on the same latitude as California.
	www.trekamerica.com /tipscanada.html (2486 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Constitutional Act for the Canadas The colony is organized into two provinces, Lower and Uopper Canada, roughly corresponding to southern Quebec and Ontario.
		Upper Canada was to be in "free and co--- -freehold.
		Parliament buildings in Montreal were destroyed by fire by the Tories
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~ap312/chron.htm (481 words)

	The History of Toronto Ontario Canada
		Their settlements along the upper St Lawrence and lower lakes led to the creation of the province of Upper Canada in 1791.
		In the 1850s railway building brought the city a radiating web of tracks connecting it to New York and Montréal, the upper lakes at Georgian Bay, and across western Upper Canada to Detroit and Chicago.
		The CN Tower is Canada’s most recognizable and celebrated icon and the world’s tallest building at a height of 553.33m (1,815 ft., 5 inches).
	www.torontoplace.com /history.htm (1007 words)

	Visual Past: Reconstructing Ontario's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Some attempt was made to keep the buildings on the south side of the town residential only with businesses and workmen's houses on the northern limits.
		Outside the town were 4 saw and grist mills on the Don and Humber Rivers and of course the military buildings.
		In 1797, the new Lt.Gov of Upper Canada, Peter Russell, one of the Family Compact built a 2-storey defensible barracks in York near the garrison.
	www.crvisuals.com /vp/TObdgs.htm (707 words)

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