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They noted that Canada is slightly larger in population than California, the largest current US state by population, but has about 25 times the land area of California. [130] However, the economy is smaller than several US States, including California, New York, and Texas; overall the U.S. economy is ten times the size of Canada at the time. [130]
Canada became the fourth country in the world and the first country in the Americas to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide with the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act in 2005. [239] Court decisions, starting in 2003, had already legalized same-sex marriage in eight out of ten provinces and one of three territories. Before the passage of the ...
Canada evolved into a fully sovereign state by 1982. [4] Before being part of British North America, the constituents of Canada consisted of the former colonies of Canada and Acadia from within New France which had been ceded to Great Britain in 1763 as part of the Treaty of Paris. [5]
The country now known as Canada is—generally—the land between the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, plus 52,455 islands, and minus the state of Alaska. Canada’s southern border is ...
Historically, most new states formed by Congress have been established from an organized incorporated U.S. territory, created and governed by Congress in accord with its plenary power under Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution. [14] In some cases, an entire territory became a state; in others some part of a territory became a state.
Canadian Confederation (French: Confédération canadienne) was the process by which three British North American provinces—the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick—were united into one federation, called the Dominion of Canada, on July 1, 1867.
The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was created by combining Lower Canada and Upper Canada. It was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867. Its formation reflected recommendations made by John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham in the Report on the Affairs of British North America following the Rebellions of 1837 .
With Christianity in decline after having once been central and integral to Canadian culture and daily life, [321] Canada has become a post-Christian, secular state. [322] Although the majority of Canadians consider religion to be unimportant in their daily lives, [ 323 ] they still believe in God. [ 324 ]