Editing Province of Canada (section)

===Capitals (seat of government)===
[[File:Map of the Province of Canada from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence CTASC.jpg|thumb|Map of the Province of Canada from Lake Superior to the Gulf of St. Lawrence (1855)]]
The location of the capital city of the Province of Canada and of its bureaucracy changed six times in its 26-year history, because its elected politicians could not agree on a permanent seat of government.<ref>David B. Knight, ''Choosing Canada's capital: conflict resolution in a parliamentary system''. 2nd ed. (Ottawa : Carleton University Press, 1991).ISBN 0-88629-148-8.</ref> The first capital was in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]] (1841–1844). The seat of government and the bureaucracy moved to [[Montreal]] (1844–1849) until rioters, spurred by a series of incendiary articles published in ''[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]]'', protested against the [[Rebellion Losses Bill]] and [[Burning of the Parliament Buildings in Montreal|burned down Montreal's parliament buildings]]. It then moved to [[Toronto]] (1849–1851). It moved to [[Quebec City]] from 1851 to 1855, then returned to Toronto from 1855 to 1859 before returning to Quebec City from 1859 to 1865. In 1857, [[Queen Victoria]] was asked to select a permanent seat of government. Her decision to make [[Ottawa]] as the permanent capital of the Province of Canada was announced in February 1858. The government subsequently initiated construction of Canada's first parliament buildings, on [[Parliament Hill]]. The first stage of this construction was completed in 1865, just in time to host the final session of the last [[8th Parliament of the Province of Canada|parliament]] of the Province of Canada before [[Canadian Confederation|Confederation]] in 1867.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clapperton |first1=Nina |title=13 Canada Capital Cities |url=https://ninaoutandabout.ca/canada-capital-cities/ |website=Nina Out and About |date=18 November 2021 |access-date=10 April 2022}}</ref>