Part X – Intercolonial Railway

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Part X – Intercolonial Railway is the section of the Constitution Act, 1867 that sets out Canada’s constitutional commitment to construct and maintain an intercolonial railway linking the Maritime provinces with central Canada.

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Part X – Intercolonial Railway canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf part of a constitutional statute
provision of the Constitution of Canada
appliesTo Maritime Provinces
surface form: Maritime provinces

central Canada
bindingOn Canadian federal government (Ottawa)
surface form: Government of Canada

Parliament of Canada
constitutionalCommitment construction of an intercolonial railway
maintenance of an intercolonial railway
constitutionalStatus entrenched
country Canada
enactedBy British Parliament
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
enactedIn 1867
governs obligations regarding the intercolonial railway
hasJurisdiction Canada
hasTitle Part X – Intercolonial Railway self-link
historicalContext Confederation of Canada in 1867
language English
French
legalForm statutory provision
legalNature constitutional obligation
legalSystem Canadian constitutional law
locatedInDocument Part X of the Constitution Act, 1867
partOf Constitution Act, 1867
purpose to ensure maintenance of an intercolonial railway
to link the Maritime provinces with central Canada by rail
to provide for the construction of an intercolonial railway
regionLinked Maritime Provinces
surface form: Maritime provinces

central Canada
relatedTo federal responsibility for interprovincial transportation
terms of union of the Maritime provinces
subjectMatter federal public works
Intercolonial Railway of Canada
surface form: intercolonial railway

transportation infrastructure

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Constitution Act, 1867 containsPart Part X – Intercolonial Railway
Part X – Intercolonial Railway hasTitle Part X – Intercolonial Railway self-link