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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The Constitution Act, 1867 (French: Loi constitutionnelle de 1867), [1] originally enacted as the British North America Act, 1867 (BNA Act), is a major part of the Constitution of Canada.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 ...
Newfoundland Act text; Text of the British North America Act 1949 (c.22) as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. British North American Act, 1949 (Newfoundland Act), audio reading of act by LibriVox (57m23s)
The British North America Act, 1867 established the Dominion of Canada as a federation of provinces. [12] Initially, on July 1, 1867, four provinces entered into confederation as "One dominion under the name of Canada": Canada West (former Upper Canada, now Ontario), Canada East (former Lower Canada, now Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick ...
Text of the British North America Act 1871 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. 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 ]
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.
[3] [5] The Act was then enacted by the British Parliament under the name the British North America Act, 1867. [6] [7] In 1982 the Act was brought under full Canadian control through the Patriation of the Constitution, and was renamed the Constitution Act, 1867.
The original name of the Act was the British North America Act, 1867, which appeared in the first formal draft of the bill dated January 23, 1867, and was used in all subsequent drafts, up to the introduction of the bill in the British Parliament.