Senate of Canada

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component of the Parliament of Canada upper house of parliament

The Senate of Canada is the unelected upper chamber of the Canadian Parliament that reviews, amends, and approves legislation passed by the House of Commons.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Senate of Canada canonical 38
Senate of Canada in its official capacities 1
Senate of Canada in relations with the Crown 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
appointmentMethod appointed by the Governor General on the advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
constitutionalMonarch Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of Canada
country Canada ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
formerMeetingPlace Centre Block (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Centre Block
hasAdditionalRegionalRepresentation Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
Territories ⓘ
hasChamberType upper house ⓘ
hasHouseColor red ⓘ
hasJurisdiction federal ⓘ
hasLegislativePower can veto most legislation ⓘ
cannot amend constitutional amendments unilaterally ⓘ
cannot initiate money bills ⓘ
hasMaximumNumberOfMembers 105 ⓘ
hasMemberTitle Senator ⓘ
hasMotto Chamber of sober second thought ⓘ
hasNativeName Senate of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sénat du Canada
hasNumberOfMembers 105 ⓘ
hasNumberOfSenatorialDivisions 4 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficer Speaker of the Senate of Canada ⓘ
hasPresidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the Senate ⓘ
hasTermType until age 75 ⓘ
hasTypeOfMembership independent senators ⓘ
party-affiliated senators ⓘ
hasWebsite https://sencanada.ca ⓘ
inception 1867 ⓘ
isElected false ⓘ
legislativeRole amends legislation ⓘ
approves legislation ⓘ
conducts committee studies ⓘ
initiates certain legislation ⓘ
represents regional interests ⓘ
reviews legislation ⓘ
locatedIn Ottawa ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Ontario ⓘ
locatedInCountry Canada ⓘ
mandatoryRetirementAge 75 ⓘ
meetsIn Senate of Canada Building ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
representedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
representsRegion Eastern Canada ⓘ
surface form: Maritimes

Ontario ⓘ
Quebec, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Quebec

Western Canada ⓘ
usesVotingSystem no formal voting system for appointment ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

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

Canadian federal government (Ottawa) → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian federal government
Constitution Act, 1867 → definesInstitution → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → hasComponent → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Senate of Canada → hasNativeName → Senate of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sénat du Canada
Liberal Party of Canada → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada → otherChamber → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Conservative Party → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Conservative Party of Canada
General amending formula (7/50 formula) → requiresApprovalFrom → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General amending formula
Centre Block (historical) → housed → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate → presidesOver → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
Speaker of the Senate → represents → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
this entity surface form: Senate of Canada in its official capacities
Speaker of the Senate → represents → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Speaker of the Senate of Canada
this entity surface form: Senate of Canada in relations with the Crown
Chamber of sober second thought → refersTo → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → partOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → memberOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Speaker of the Senate of Canada → reportsTo → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Senate of Canada Building → occupant → Senate of Canada ⓘ
LPC → hasRepresentationIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberal Party of Canada
Liberal-Conservative Party (as main governing alternative) → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
HoC → usedInContrastWith → Senate of Canada ⓘ
43rd Canadian Parliament → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliamentary Protective Service → protects → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Parliament Buildings → houses → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Library of Parliament → serves → Senate of Canada ⓘ
44th Canadian Parliament → hasPart → Senate of Canada ⓘ
42nd Canadian Parliament → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Government of the Dominion of Canada → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Art Eggleton → memberOf → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Honorary Canadian citizenship → decisionMaker → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Conservatives → representedIn → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Conservative Party of Canada
George Eulas Foster → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Prudhomme → legislativeBody → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Serge Prudhomme
Canadian politics → upperHouse → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Canadian system of constitutional monarchy → parliamentComponents → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Reference re Senate Reform (2014) → subjectInstitution → Senate of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Reference re Senate Reform
Nancy Greene → employer → Senate of Canada ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → replacedBy → Senate of Canada ⓘ