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2 Lieutenant Governors of Canada West 3 Lieutenant Governors of Ontario |
Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada
| Name | Term |
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| John Graves Simcoe | 1791-1796 |
| Peter Russell | 1796-1799 |
| Peter Hunter | 1799-1805 |
| Alexander Grant | 1805-1806 |
| Francis Gore | 1806-1811 |
| Sir Isaac Brock | 1811-1812 |
| Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe | 1812-1813 |
| Francis de Rottenburg | 1813 |
| Sir Gordon Drummond | 1813-1814 |
| Sir George Murray | 1815 |
| Frederick Philip Robinson | 1815 |
| Francis Gore (2nd incumbency) | 1815-1817 |
| Samuel Smith | 1817-1818 |
| Sir Peregrine Maitland | 1818-1828 |
| Sir John Colborne | 1828-1836 |
| Sir Francis Bond Head | 1836-1838 |
| Sir George Arthur | 1838-1839 |
| Charles Poullet Thompson, Lord Sydenham | 1839-1841 |
Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. Upper Canada became Canada West.
| Name | Term |
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| John Clitherow | 1841 |
| Sir Richard Downes Jackson | 1841-1842 |
| Sir Charles Bagot | 1842-1843 |
| Charles Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe of Fernhill | 1843-1845 |
| Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart | 1845-1847 |
| James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | 1847-1854 |
| Sir Edmund Walker Head | 1854-1861 |
| Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon | 1861-1866 |
The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
Other Canadian Lieutenant Governors:
Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador - Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Saskatchewan - Northwest Territories