Following the Charlottetown Conference, delegates from Canada and the Maritimes met again at Quebec City in October 1864 to continue discussions on a union between the two regions and the creation of a new country.
On September 11, 1860, Queen’s Park - future location of Ontario's Legislative Assembly - is opened officially as a public city park in Toronto by Edward, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Victoria and the future King Edward VII.
In use from 1868 to 1912, Government House was the official residence of Ontario's Lieutenant Governors - the representive of the Crown in Ontario.
After a third conference in London, England, in 1866, the British North America Act was passed by the British Parliament in March, 1867. It created the new nation of Canada under a federal government uniting four provinces - Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
