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This was the third of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Parliament of Canada. This had been made possible by the provisions of the British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949. It was originally titled Representation Act, 1974, then changed to British North America Act, 1974 in 1977 before changing to Constitution Act, 1974 in 1982.
The Quebec Act 1774 (French: Acte de Québec de 1774) was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain which set procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec.One of the principal components of the act was the expansion of the province's territory to take over part of the Indian Reserve, including much of what is now southern Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and parts ...
The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), [1] originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada , including its federal structure , the House of Commons ...
The Constitution Act, 1871 (UK), 34 & 35 Vict, c 28, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that forms part of the Constitution of Canada. [2] It was originally known as the British North America Act , 1871 , but it was renamed by the Constitution Act, 1982 .
At the outset, the Royal Proclamation of 1763 defined the jurisdictional limits of the British territories of North America, limiting British colonial expansion on the continent. What remained of the Royal Province of New France east of the Great Lakes and the Ottawa River, and south of Rupert's Land, was reorganised under the name "Quebec."
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland, then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown, Virginia, and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic coast of North America.
From 1824, the British Empire was divided by the War and Colonial Office into four administrative departments, including North America, the West Indies, Mediterranean and Africa, and Eastern Colonies, of which North America included: [10] North America. Upper Canada, Lower Canada; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island; Bermuda ...
The Constitution Act, 1886 (UK), 58 & 59 Vict, c 35, (the Act) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that forms part of the Constitution of Canada. [1] It was originally known as the British North America Act, 1886, but it was renamed Constitution Act, 1886 by the Constitution Act, 1982.