House of Commons of Canada

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component of the Parliament of Canada legislative body lower house of parliament

The House of Commons of Canada is the elected legislative chamber where Members of Parliament debate and pass federal laws and hold the government to account.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
House of Commons of Canada canonical 146
House of Commons 3
Canadian House of Commons 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
lower house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation HoC ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons
appoints Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of Canada (indirectly, through confidence)
budgetaryRole approves taxation measures ⓘ
authorizes government spending ⓘ
buildingComplex Parliament Buildings ⓘ
city Ottawa ⓘ
confidenceRelationship Government of Canada must maintain confidence of the House ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
constitutionalMaximumTerm 5 years ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countryCapital Ottawa ⓘ
electoralDistricts 338 federal ridings ⓘ
eligibility members elected by Canadian citizens ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
foundationDate 1867 ⓘ
governmentType federal ⓘ
hasChamberType elected chamber ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.ourcommons.ca ⓘ
jurisdiction federal matters under the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
legislativeChamberOf Parliament of Canada ⓘ
legislativeProcessRole introduces most government bills ⓘ
reviews and amends bills ⓘ
location Parliament Hill ⓘ
meetsIn Centre Block (historical) ⓘ
surface form: Centre Block (historically)

Parliament Hill ⓘ
surface form: West Block of Parliament Hill
memberTitle Member of Parliament ⓘ
nativeName House of Commons of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chambre des communes du Canada
numberOfMembers 338 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
otherChamber Senate of Canada ⓘ
oversightFunction parliamentary committees ⓘ
question period ⓘ
partOf federal legislature of Canada ⓘ
predecessor House of Assembly of New Brunswick ⓘ
House of Assembly of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker of the House of Commons ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
role debates federal legislation ⓘ
holds the Government of Canada to account ⓘ
passes federal laws ⓘ
termLength up to 4 years ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

Referenced by (151)

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

Canadian federal government (Ottawa) → lowerHouse → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian federal government
Constitution Act, 1867 → definesInstitution → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Canada → lowerHouse → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Cabinet of Canada → responsibleTo → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → hasComponent → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Parliament of Canada → lowerHouse → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Liberal Party of Canada → federalLevel → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
St. John’s East → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
House of Commons of Canada → abbreviation → House of Commons of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
House of Commons of Canada → nativeName → House of Commons of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chambre des communes du Canada
Ken Dryden → parliament → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Papineau → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
2019 Canadian federal election → electoralBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → lowerHouse → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
2021 Canadian federal election → legislativeBodyElected → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Prime Minister of Canada → associatedBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Orléans → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Orléans (federal electoral district)
Orléans → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Orléans (federal electoral district)
Orléans → jurisdiction → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Orléans (federal electoral district)
Carleton → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston → legislativeChamber → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Ottawa Centre → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Martha Black → memberOf → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Conservative Party → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Conservative Party of Canada
Charles Taylor → ranForOffice → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian House of Commons
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Ottawa South → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Ottawa South → federalElectoralDistrictOf → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Ottawa—Vanier → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Liberal Government (1905–1915) → strengthened → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Commons
Government Chief Whip → typicalChamber → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Kanata—Carleton → federalRepresentationLevel → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
General amending formula (7/50 formula) → requiresApprovalFrom → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: General amending formula
James Shaver Woodsworth → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Nepean → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Scott Reid → legislativeBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Centre Block (historical) → housed → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Members of Parliament → electedTo → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Member of Parliament
LPC → hasRepresentationIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Liberal Party of Canada
Libs → associatedWith → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Liberal-Conservative Party (as main governing alternative) → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Paul Martin → parliamentaryBody → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
John Adams (Canadian politician) → memberOf → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
Avalon → representedIn → House of Commons of Canada ⓘ