British North America Acts

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The British North America Acts are a series of 19th- and early 20th-century statutes passed by the British Parliament that established and shaped the constitutional framework of Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional law ⓘ
series of statutes ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BNA Acts ⓘ
linked to: BNA Act, 1871

British North America Act series ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Dominion of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
defines amendment procedures for certain aspects of Canadian constitution prior to 1982 ⓘ
division of powers between federal and provincial governments in Canada ⓘ
federal structure of Canada ⓘ
institutions of the Parliament of Canada ⓘ
office of the Governor General of Canada ⓘ
powers of provincial legislatures in Canada ⓘ
representation of provinces in the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
representation of provinces in the Senate of Canada ⓘ
role of the Crown in Canada ⓘ
endTime 1930s ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional history of Canada ⓘ
followedBy Canada Act 1982 ⓘ
Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
hasEffect adjusted financial arrangements between United Kingdom and Canada ⓘ
adjusted financial arrangements between federal and provincial governments in Canada ⓘ
altered representation in Canadian Parliament over time ⓘ
created Dominion of Canada ⓘ
enabled admission of other colonies and territories into Canada ⓘ
united Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 1867 ⓘ
hasPart British North America Act, 1867 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1871 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1886 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1907 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1915 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1930 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1940 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1943 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1946 ⓘ
British North America Act, 1949 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus constitutional statute ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSubject Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Canadian constitution ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Canada ⓘ
regulates federal-provincial relations in Canada ⓘ
replacedBy Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
startTime 1867 ⓘ
temporalCoverage 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Constitution Act, 1871 → isPartOfSeries → British North America Acts ⓘ
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → partOf → British North America legislation ⓘ
linked to: British North America Acts
British North America Acts → alsoKnownAs → British North America Act series ⓘ
linked to: British North America Acts
British Columbia–Alberta border → definedBy → British North America Act ⓘ
linked to: British North America Acts