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The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Report of the Royal Commission for the Investigation of all Grievances Affecting His Majesty's Subjects of Lower Canada (1837) Lord John Russell's Ten Resolutions (March 6, 1837) Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada (February 22, 1838) Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) (February, 1839) Act of Union (1840) (February 10 ...
The Supreme Court of Canada has held that this list is not exhaustive and that the Constitution of Canada includes a number of pre-confederation acts and unwritten components as well. [7] [8] The Canadian constitution also includes the fundamental principles of federalism, democracy, constitutionalism and the rule of law, and respect for ...
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Constitution Act (1867) Supreme Court Act (1875) Constitution Act (1886) British North America Acts (1867–1975) Treaty of Versailles; Statute of Westminster (1931) Implied bill of rights; Succession to the Throne Act (1937) Letters Patent (1947) Canada Act (1982) Constitution Act, 1982; Succession to the Throne Act, 2013
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien referred the matter over whether a province could unilaterally secede from the federation to the Supreme Court of Canada in December 1999. In its Quebec Secession Reference decision, the Court ruled that the Canadian constitution did not give provinces the power to unilaterally secede. However, it also ...
Canada Act 1982; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; Canadian constitutional law; Charlottetown Accord; Citizens' Forum on Canada's Future; Clergy Reserves in Canada Act 1840; Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865; Constitution Act, 1867; Constitution Act, 1871; Constitution Act, 1886; Constitution Act, 1982; Constitutional Act 1791 ...