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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. [238] 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 ...
[e] The British government made the transfer after Canada and the Hudson's Bay Company agreed to the terms, including a payment of £300,000 from Canada to the Company. [ 18 ] Due to a vague description and lack of quality surveying, part of the western border with the United States was unclear and disputed . [ 16 ]
The Saint Lawrence Seaway, a joint project between Canada and the United States, is officially opened. [114] 1960 1 July First Nations people are granted the right to vote in federal elections without having to give up their status and treaty rights. [115] 1965 15 February Canada adopts the maple leaf for the national flag. 1967 27 April
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 ...
Canada population density map (2014) Top left: The Quebec City–Windsor Corridor is the most densely inhabited and heavily industrialized region. [275] The 2021 Canadian census enumerated a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 percent over the 2016 figure. [276] It is estimated that Canada's population surpassed 40,000,000 ...
Canada became a semi-independent federated grouping of provinces and a dominion after the Constitution Act of 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act, 1867). [9] Originally three provinces of British North America, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the Province of Canada (which would become Ontario and Quebec) united to form the new ...
Asia's market share (the proportion of Canadian imports) in Canada accounts for 19.2%. [7] 9.83% of total Canadian imports come from China and 3.53% come from Japan. Canada's market share in Asia is only 0.96%, creating a trade deficit. Due to its proximity to Asia across the Pacific Vancouver is the major port for Canada's trade with Asia. [8]
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