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Events from the year 1795 in Canada. Incumbents. Monarch: George III [1] Federal government. ... After visiting Upper Canada in 1795, ...
There was no one-dollar note in the Birds of Canada series because of the introduction of the one-dollar coin in 1987, which entirely replaced the one-dollar note. [107] the last two-dollar note was issued in the Birds of Canada series, starting in 1986 and continuing until the Canadian Journey series began in 2001.
The Province of Upper Canada (French: province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the Province of Quebec since 1763.
The reverse of the coins carried the then obsolete Coat-of-Arms of Upper Canada. The 1850 issue was struck at the Royal Mint, London, but the coins did not arrive in Canada until 1851. Some of the 1d. pieces bear a dot between the tips of the cornucopiae, but the significance of this is unknown. The letters "R.K. & Co." is not a mintmark.
John White (c. 1761 – January 4, 1800) was a lawyer and politician in Upper Canada.He was the first Attorney General for Upper Canada.He wrote and was responsible for the legislation of the new Province, which stemmed from the partition of Quebec in the Constitutional Act of 1791.
The early Canadian banking system (British North America and New France until 1763; then renamed Upper and Lower Canada) was regulated entirely by the colonial government. Primitive forms of banking emerged early in the colonial period to solve the drain of wealth caused by the application of mercantilist theory .
William Lyon Mackenzie [a] (March 12, 1795 – August 28, 1861) was a Scottish Canadian-American journalist and politician. He founded newspapers critical of the Family Compact, a term used to identify elite members of Upper Canada.
The Honourable Justice Robert Isaac Dey Gray 2nd Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada In office 1798–1801 Preceded by John White Succeeded by Angus Macdonell Personal details Born 1772 New York Died 1804 (aged 31–32) Off Newcastle District in Lake Ontario Nationality British Occupation Solicitor General, Judge Robert Isaac Dey Gray (ca. 1772 – October 8, 1804) was a lawyer, judge ...