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Constitutional Act 1791 Constitutional Act 1791 The "Clergy Endowments (Canada) Act 1791 (31 Geo 3 c 31), (the "Act") commonly known as the Constitutional Act 1791" (), is an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The "Act" reformed the government of the province of Quebec to accommodate the 10,000 English-speaking settlers, known as the United Empire Loyalists, who had arrived from the United States following the American Revolution. Quebec, with a population of 145,000 French-speaking Canadians, was divided in two when the Act took effect on 26 December 1791. The western half became Upper Canada (now southern Ontario) and the eastern half