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This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Ontario.

1 Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada

Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
NameTerm
John Graves Simcoe 1791- 1796
Peter Russell (administrator) 1796- 1799
Peter Hunter 1799- 1805
Alexander Grant (administrator) 1805- 1806
Francis GoreFrancis Gore ( 1769- 1852) was a British colonial administrator. After serving in the British Army and achieving the rank of major. Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to 1811. Gore's administration built roads, reorganised the militia and found 1806- 1811Events February 5 George, Prince of Wales becomes Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. He is known as the Prince Regent. This is the beginning of the period known as the English Regency. March 1 Eg
Sir Isaac BrockThis article refers to the British general. For the musician, see Isaac Brock (musician). Major-General Sir Isaac Brock ( 1769 October 13, 1812) was the British Major-General who was assigned to the Canadian colonies during the time of the War of 1812 and* 1811Events February 5 George, Prince of Wales becomes Regent because of the perceived insanity of his father, King George III of the United Kingdom. He is known as the Prince Regent. This is the beginning of the period known as the English Regency. March 1 Eg- 1812Events January 1 the Allgemeines Burgerliches Gesetzbuch, the Austrian civil code enters into force in the Austrian Empire February 2 Russia establishes a fur trading colony at Fort Ross, California February 7 The strongest in a series of massive earthqua
Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe* 1812- 1813
Francis de Rottenburg* 1813
Sir Gordon Drummond* 1813- 1814
Sir George Murray (provisional) 1815
Frederick Philip Robinson (provisional) 1815
Francis Gore (2nd incumbency) 1815- 1817
Samuel Smith (administrator) 1817- 1818
Sir Peregrine Maitland 1818- 1828
Sir John Colborne 1828- 1836
Sir Francis Bond Head 1836- 1838
Sir George Arthur 1838- 1839
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham** 1839- 1841

(*) Military administrators during the War of 1812

(**)Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada when Upper Canada and Lower Canada united into the Province of Canada. Upper Canada became Canada West and Lower Canada became Canada East.



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