Parliament of Canada

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bicameral legislature federal legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Canada is the bicameral national legislature responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the government in Canada.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Canada canonical 163
Canadian Parliament 4
Parliament of Canada (in constitutional framework) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
federal legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Parliament of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Parliament
appointingAuthorityUpperHouse Governor General of Canada ⓘ
appointmentsOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
ceremonialHead Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Canada
constitutionalMonarch Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Canada
country Canada ⓘ
createdBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
established 1867 ⓘ
hasComponent Governor General of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Canada

Senate of Canada ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver all provinces of Canada ⓘ
all territories of Canada ⓘ
hasPower amend certain parts of the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
approve federal budget ⓘ
hold the government to account ⓘ
pass federal legislation ⓘ
jurisdiction Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Canada
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
legislativeType bicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
meetsAt Parliament Hill ⓘ
surface form: Parliament Hill, Ottawa
meetsIn Centre Block (historical) ⓘ
Supreme Court of Canada Building ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Canada Building

Parliament Hill ⓘ
surface form: West Block (temporary House of Commons chamber)
numberOfChambers 2 ⓘ
partOf political system of Canada ⓘ
representativeOfMonarch Governor General of Canada ⓘ
role controls public finances at the federal level ⓘ
makes federal laws ⓘ
oversees the Government of Canada ⓘ
represents Canadian citizens ⓘ
seat Parliament Hill ⓘ
selectionMethodUpperHouse appointed ⓘ
supervises Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada
upperHouse Senate of Canada ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ
website https://www.parl.ca ⓘ

Referenced by (169)

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

Canadian federal government (Ottawa) → legislature → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian federal government
Ottawa → isSeatOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Federal Court of Canada → createdBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 → definesInstitution → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Tax Court of Canada → establishedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 → requestedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Supreme Court of Canada → foundedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canada → legislature → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Cabinet of Canada → responsibleTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → alsoKnownAs → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Parliament
Senate of Canada → partOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Royal Assent → appliesTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
St. John’s East → governmentalJurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Museum of Nature → governingBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Papineau → legislativeBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Parliament Hill → governingBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → legislature → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister of Canada → reportsTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell → governmentalJurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry → governmentalJurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Orléans → partOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Orléans (federal electoral district)
Carleton → jurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston → governmentalBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Ottawa Centre → representedIn → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → governingBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Department of National Defence → reportsTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Forces Reorganization Act → jurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
National Defence Act → enactedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
National Historic Site of Canada → recognizedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Department of External Affairs (Canada) → subordinateTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canada Pension Plan → enactedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke → governmentalJurisdiction → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Ottawa South → legislativeBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Kanata—Carleton → legislativeBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Federal Court of Appeal → createdBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Part X – Intercolonial Railway → bindingOn → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
TCC → establishedBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Tax Court of Canada
CCI → createdBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) → appliesTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
General amending formula (7/50 formula) → requiresApprovalFrom → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General amending formula
SCC → createdBy → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Canada
National Capital Region → containsFederalInstitution → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: National Capital Region (Canada)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission → parentOrganization → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission → reportsTo → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Nepean → legislativeBody → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Centre Block (historical) → governmentBodyServed → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate → partOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
Chamber of sober second thought → associatedInstitution → Parliament of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → partOf → Parliament of Canada ⓘ