Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Gwamnatin Burtaniya ta aika da Lord Durham don bincika halin da ake ciki; ya zauna a Kanada watanni biyar kawai kafin ya koma Burtaniya kuma ya kawo Rahoton Durham, wanda ya ba da shawarar gwamnati mai alhakin. Shawarar da ba a karɓa sosai ba ita ce haɗuwa da Upper da Lower Canada don ƙaddamar da hankali ga yawan mutanen da ke magana da Faransanci. Canadas sun haɗu cikin mulkin mallaka guda ɗaya, Ƙasar Tarayyar Kanada, ta Dokar Union ta 1840, kuma an sami gwamnati mai alhakin a 1848, 'yan watanni bayan da aka kammala a Nova Scotia. Majalisar dokokin United Canada da ke Montreal ta cinna wa taron 'yan Tories wuta
a 1849 bayan wucewar lissafin biyan diyya ga mutanen da suka sha wahala a lokacin tawaye a Lower Canada.