Constitutional Act of 1867

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Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legislation
gptkbp:allows provinces to create their own laws
gptkbp:createdBy gptkb:Senate_of_Canada
House of Commons of Canada
gptkbp:divisions Canada_into_provinces
gptkbp:effectiveDate July 1, 1867
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:British_Parliament
gptkbp:established gptkb:Dominion_of_Canada
gptkb:Governor_General_of_Canada
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Constitutional Act of 1867
gptkbp:includes sections on education
provisions_for_amending_the_Constitution
gptkbp:influenced subsequent_Canadian_constitutional_law
gptkbp:isActiveIn political science literature
gptkbp:isAssociatedWith gptkb:Ontario
gptkb:Quebec
gptkb:New_Brunswick
gptkb:Nova_Scotia
gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkb:Charles_Monck
George-Étienne Cartier
gptkbp:isAttendedBy gptkb:Canada_Act,_1982
Statute of Westminster, 1931
gptkbp:isCelebratedFor gptkb:Canada_Day
gptkbp:isChallengedBy gptkb:John_A._Macdonald
gptkbp:isCitedIn legal_cases_in_Canada
gptkbp:isConsidered foundational_document_of_Canada
gptkbp:isCriticizedFor centralization of power
gptkbp:isDiscussedIn Canadian_history_courses
gptkbp:isInfluencedBy Constitutional conventions
gptkbp:isOrganizedBy advocates of provincial autonomy
gptkbp:isPartOf gptkb:British_North_America_Acts
gptkb:Canadian_Constitution
gptkbp:isReferencedIn Constitution Act, 1982
gptkbp:isRelatedTo gptkb:British_North_America_Act
gptkbp:isSupportedBy proponents of federalism
gptkbp:isTaughtIn Canadian_law_schools
gptkbp:ledTo creation of new provinces
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Canadian_Confederation
gptkbp:previouslyKnownAs gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
gptkbp:provides federal government
gptkbp:recognizes French_and_English_languages
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:British_North_America_Act,_1867
gptkbp:sets powers of the federal government
powers of the provincial governments
gptkbp:wasPartOf 1867