Ka cika wannan jumla: Gwamnatin Biritaniya ta aika da Lord Durham don ya bincika yanayin; ya zauna a Kanada na watanni biyar kawai kafin ya koma Biritaniya kuma ya kawo Rahoton Durham, wanda ya ba da shawarar gwamnati mai kyau. 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 a Montreal ta kasance
wani taron jama'a na Tories sun ƙone shi a 1849 bayan da aka ba da lissafin biyan diyya ga mutanen da suka sha wahala a lokacin tawaye a Lower Canada.