British North America Acts

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constitutional law series of statutes

The British North America Acts are a series of 19th- and early 20th-century statutes passed by the British Parliament that established and shaped the constitutional framework of Canada.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British North America Acts canonical	1
British North America legislation	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional law ⓘ series of statutes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	BNA Acts NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act series NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
defines	amendment procedures for certain aspects of Canadian constitution prior to 1982 ⓘ division of powers between federal and provincial governments in Canada ⓘ federal structure of Canada ⓘ institutions of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ office of the Governor General of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ powers of provincial legislatures in Canada ⓘ representation of provinces in the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ representation of provinces in the Senate of Canada ⓘ role of the Crown in Canada ⓘ
endTime	1930s ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional history of Canada ⓘ
followedBy	Canada Act 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ Statute of Westminster 1931 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffect	adjusted financial arrangements between United Kingdom and Canada ⓘ adjusted financial arrangements between federal and provincial governments in Canada ⓘ altered representation in Canadian Parliament over time ⓘ created Dominion of Canada ⓘ enabled admission of other colonies and territories into Canada ⓘ united Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 1867 ⓘ
hasPart	British North America Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1871 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1886 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1907 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1930 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1940 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1943 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1946 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America Act, 1949 NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	constitutional statute ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject	Canadian Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ Canadian constitution ⓘ
partOf	Constitution of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	federal-provincial relations in Canada ⓘ
replacedBy	Constitution Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution Act, 1982 NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1867 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution Act, 1871 → isPartOfSeries → British North America Acts ⓘ

Rupert's Land Act 1868 → partOf → British North America Acts ⓘ

this entity surface form: British North America legislation