Constitution Act, 1982

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Canadian constitutional statute constitutional document

The Constitution Act, 1982 is a cornerstone of Canada’s constitutional framework that patriated the Constitution from the United Kingdom, entrenched the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and established formal amendment procedures.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form Occurrences
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 10
Constitution of Canada 5
Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982 2
Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK) 2
Canada Act 1982 1
Constitution Act 1982 1
Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982 1
Part I – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 1
Part V – Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada 1
Section 35 (Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada) 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian constitutional statute ⓘ
constitutional document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
surface form: Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK)
appliesTo Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Canada

provincial governments of Canada ⓘ
assentedToBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
cameIntoForceDate 1982-04-17 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus entrenched and supreme over ordinary legislation ⓘ
contains Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Constitutional amending formula ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK)

Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Section 35 (Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada)

Section 52 (Supremacy clause) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
effect Ended requirement for United Kingdom involvement in Canadian constitutional amendments ⓘ
enactedBy British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
entrenched Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Supremacy of the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
established Domestic amending procedures for the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
General amending formula (7/50 formula) ⓘ
Special regional amending procedures ⓘ
Unanimity amending procedure ⓘ
hasSection Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) ⓘ
Section 24 (Enforcement of guaranteed rights and freedoms) ⓘ
Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ
Section 35 (Recognition of existing Aboriginal and treaty rights) ⓘ
Section 36 (Commitment to equalization and regional disparities) ⓘ
Section 38 (General amending procedure) ⓘ
Section 41 (Amendments requiring unanimous consent) ⓘ
Section 43 (Amendments in relation to some but not all provinces) ⓘ
Section 52 (Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada) ⓘ
includesPart Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Part I – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Part II – Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada ⓘ
Part III – Equalization and Regional Disparities ⓘ
Part IV – Constitutional Conferences ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Part V – Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada

Part VI – Amendments to the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Part VII – General ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
longTitle An Act to give effect to a request by the Senate and House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
partOf Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Canada
patriated Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Canada
replaced British role in Canadian constitutional amendment ⓘ
requestedBy Parliament of Canada ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1982-03-29 ⓘ
shortTitle Constitution Act, 1982 self-link ⓘ
signedAt Ottawa ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ

Referenced by (47)

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Constitution Act, 1982 → alsoKnownAs → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK)
Federal Court of Appeal → authorizedBy → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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Premier of Alberta → constitutionalBasis → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
SCC → constitutionalBasis → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Court of Canada
subject surface form: Canadian federal government
House of Commons of Canada → constitutionalDocument → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
Dominion of Canada → constitutionalInstrument → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution Act 1982
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this entity surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Constitution Act, 1982 → contains → Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Section 35 (Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada)
Constitution Act, 1982 → contains → Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK)
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Constitution Act, 1982 → entrenched → Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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O Canada → hasKeyChangeHistory → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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Constitution Act, 1982 → includesPart → Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Part I – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Constitution Act, 1982 → includesPart → Constitution Act, 1982 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Part V – Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada
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Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → legalBasis → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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Pierre Trudeau → notableWork → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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Statute of Westminster 1931 → relatedTo → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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National Defence Act → subjectTo → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Tax Court of Canada → subjectTo → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
City of Montreal Council → subordinateTo → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Canada
Government of Ontario → subordinateTo → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution of Canada