Dominion of Canada

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British dominion federal state former political entity

The Dominion of Canada was the semi-autonomous federal state established in 1867 that formed the foundation of modern Canada within the British Empire.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Confederation of Canada 3
Canada (British colonies) 1
Canadian Confederation 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British dominion ⓘ
federal state ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
capital Ottawa ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
constitutionalIndependenceCompleted 1982 ⓘ
constitutionalInstrument Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1867

Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
surface form: Constitution Act 1982
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currency Canadian dollar ⓘ
demonym Canadian ⓘ
established 1867-07-01 ⓘ
establishedAs self-governing dominion within the British Empire ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
surface form: British North America Act 1867
firstPrimeMinister John A. Macdonald ⓘ
flag British Red Ensign ⓘ
surface form: Red Ensign of Canada
foundingDate 1867-07-01 ⓘ
foundingEvent Dominion of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Confederation
foundingLocation Province of Canada ⓘ
fullAutonomyInstrument Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
gainedFullLegislativeAutonomy 1931 ⓘ
governmentType constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister ⓘ
headOfState monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
headOfStateTitle Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: King of Canada
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislature Parliament of Canada ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
modernNameUsage Canada ⓘ
surface form: Canada is the common official name after mid-20th century
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
officialName Dominion of Canada self-link ⓘ
originalProvince New Brunswick ⓘ
Nova Scotia ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
Province of Quebec ⓘ
surface form: Quebec
partOf British Empire ⓘ
predecessor British North American colonies (except some territories) ⓘ
surface form: British North American colonies

Colony of New Brunswick ⓘ
Colony of Nova Scotia ⓘ
Province of Canada ⓘ
shortName Canada ⓘ
status semi-autonomous ⓘ
successor Canada ⓘ
modern Canadian state ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Canada ⓘ
usedTermDominionUntil mid-20th century ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

Billy Bishop → allegiance → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 → appliesTo → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Canada Day → commemorates → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
Royal Rifles of Canada → countryDuringService → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
War of 1812 → countryInvolved → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada (British colonies)
Allied Powers of World War I → countryMember → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 → createdEntity → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
British America → dissolvedInto → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
Dominion of Canada → foundingEvent → Dominion of Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Confederation
District of Alaska → hasBorderWith → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
British Empire → hasPart → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → officialName → Dominion of Canada self-link ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive → participant → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Arthur Currie → placeOfBirth → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
CEF → recruitmentArea → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
subject surface form: Canadian Expeditionary Force
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
British Canada → successor → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Province of Canada → successor → Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Rupert's Land → transferredTo → Dominion of Canada ⓘ