Government of the Dominion of Canada

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federal government political institution

The Government of the Dominion of Canada was the federal authority of Canada under dominion status within the British Empire, responsible for national governance, foreign relations, and administration from Confederation in 1867 until the gradual transition to full sovereignty in the mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Government of Canada (historically)	1
Government of the Dominion of Canada canonical	1
fully sovereign Government of Canada	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal government ⓘ political institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Canada ⓘ
appliesToPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
capital	Ottawa ⓘ
constitutionalDevelopment	evolution toward full legislative independence ⓘ retention of British control over constitutional amendments until 1982 ⓘ
constitutionalDocument	Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada ⓘ
constitutionalSystem	constitutional monarchy ⓘ parliamentary democracy ⓘ
countryGoverned	Dominion of Canada ⓘ
currency	Canadian dollar ⓘ
endTime	mid-20th century ⓘ
executiveBody	Cabinet of Canada ⓘ
executiveBranch	the King-in-Council ⓘ surface form: King-in-Council Queen in Council ⓘ surface form: Queen-in-Council
foreignRelationsInitiallyManagedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government
gainedIncreasedAutonomyThrough	Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
governedTerritory	federal territories of Canada ⓘ provinces of Canada ⓘ
graduallyAssumedControlOf	its own foreign policy ⓘ
gradualTransitionTo	fully sovereign Government of Canada ⓘ
hasCause	Canadian Confederation ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus	dominion status ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
headOfState	British monarch ⓘ
inception	1867-07-01 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ surface form: British North America Act 1867 Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
legislativeBody	Parliament of Canada ⓘ
lowerHouse	House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Province of Canada ⓘ surface form: Province of Canada government colonial governments of British North America ⓘ
representedBy	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
responsibleFor	federal administration ⓘ foreign relations ⓘ national governance ⓘ
startTime	1867-07-01 ⓘ
subordinateTo	British Crown ⓘ British Parliament ⓘ surface form: British Parliament (initially)
successor	Government of the Dominion of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: fully sovereign Government of Canada
upperHouse	Senate of Canada ⓘ
usedTermInOfficialStyle	Dominion of Canada ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 → signatoryParty → Government of the Dominion of Canada ⓘ

Government of the Dominion of Canada → successor → Government of the Dominion of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: fully sovereign Government of Canada

Port of Churchill → ownedBy → Government of the Dominion of Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Government of Canada (historically)