Canadian Confederation

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constitutional process historical event political union

Canadian Confederation is the political union formed in 1867 that created the Dominion of Canada by uniting several British North American colonies into a single federal state.

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Surface form Occurrences
Confederation of Canada 3
Canadian Confederation era 1
Canadian Confederation leaders 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional process ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political union ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Confederation of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
coloniesUnited Canada East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canada West NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
commemoratedOn July 1 ⓘ
constitutionalStatusAfter self-governing dominion within the British Empire ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countryCreated Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdLegislativeBody Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdLegislativeChamber House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
createdLevelOfGovernment federal government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
provincial governments ⓘ
createdPoliticalEntityType Dominion NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateEstablished 1867-07-01 ⓘ
dividedPowersBetween federal government ⓘ
provincial governments ⓘ
firstPrimeMinisterAfter John A. Macdonald NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentFormEstablished constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
influencedBy Abolition of Corn Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trent Affair NERFINISHED ⓘ
initialProvinces New Brunswick NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nova Scotia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalFoundation British North America Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
longTermEffect gradual evolution of Canada toward full sovereignty ⓘ
monarchAtTimeOfConfederation Queen Victoria NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivatedBy defence concerns related to the United States ⓘ
economic integration among colonies ⓘ
need for political stability in British North America ⓘ
nationalHolidayCommemoratedBy Canada Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
negotiatedAtConference Charlottetown Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ
London Conference of 1866–1867 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quebec Conference of 1864 NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf constitutional history of Canada ⓘ
region British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedConcept federalism in Canada ⓘ
relatedDocument 72 Resolutions of Quebec Conference ⓘ
resultedIn adoption of a federal system of government ⓘ
creation of a federal state in British North America ⓘ
union of several British North American colonies ⓘ
sovereignAtTimeOfCreation United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorTo Province of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
year 1867 ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

New Brunswick → isFoundingProvinceOf → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
George-Étienne Cartier → notableWork → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Promotion of the British North America Act, 1867
George-Étienne Cartier → movement → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Confederation movement
Centennial Flame → commemorates → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
House of Assembly of New Brunswick → endCause → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Confederation Hall → namedFor → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Canada West → dissolvedBy → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Canada West → significantEvent → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada 1867
Canada East → constitutionalChange → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
Canada East → eventEndCause → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Government of the Dominion of Canada → hasCause → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Viscount Monck → oversaw → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Viscount Monck → significantEvent → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Creation of the Dominion of Canada
Confederation Bridge → namedAfter → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Confederation Square → namedAfter → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Bellevue House National Historic Site → associatedWith → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada → hasSubject → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Premier of Manitoba → officeCreatedInContextOf → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Premier of Nova Scotia → officeCreatedBy → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
Parliament of the Province of Canada → reasonForAbolition → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Governor of Canada East → endCause → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Henry William Stisted → partOf → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Confederation era
Birthplace of Confederation National Historic Site (area) → commemorates → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Confederation Park → namedAfter → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada → dissolutionReason → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → relatedTo → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
The Maple Leaf Forever → occasion → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederation of Canada
The Maple Leaf Forever → commemorates → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Amherst, Nova Scotia → isPartOf → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Australian federation movement → influencedBy → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Macdonald–Cartier Freeway → namedFor → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Confederation leaders
From Sea to Sea → appliesTo → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Dominion Day → commemorates → Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Le Jour de la Confédération → commemorates → Canadian Confederation ⓘ