The Niagara District was a historic

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, 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 t ...

. Created in 1798 from the

Home District The Home District was one of four districts of the Province of Quebec created in 1788 in the western reaches of the Montreal District and detached in 1791 to create the new colony of Upper Canada. It was abolished with the adoption of the county ...

, it existed until 1849.

Historic evolution

The District was formed by an Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada in 1798, and was described as consisting of the following territory: In 1816, the following parts of the District were detached to form

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in the newly created Gore District: Upon the passage of the

Act of Union 1840 The ''British North America Act, 1840'' (3 & 4 Victoria, c.35), also known as the ''Act of Union 1840'', (the ''Act'') was approved by Parliament in July 1840 and proclaimed February 10, 1841, in Montreal. It abolished the legislatures of Lower ...

, Lincoln County was reorganized into two ridings for electing members to the

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, with the 1st and 2nd Ridings becoming the North Riding, and the 3rd and 4th Ridings becoming the South Riding. The South Riding would be detached from Lincoln in 1845, forming the new Welland County. The district was abolished in 1850, and was replaced by the United Counties of Lincoln, Welland and Haldimand.

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{{Districts of Upper Canada Districts of Upper Canada 1798 establishments in Upper Canada 1849 disestablishments in Canada

Historic evolution

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