Government of the Dominion of Canada

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The Government of the Dominion of Canada was the federal authority of Canada under dominion status within the British Empire, responsible for national governance, foreign relations, and administration from Confederation in 1867 until the gradual transition to full sovereignty in the mid-20th century.

All labels observed (7)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal government ⓘ
political institution ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Canada ⓘ
appliesToPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
capital Ottawa ⓘ
constitutionalDevelopment evolution toward full legislative independence ⓘ
retention of British control over constitutional amendments until 1982 ⓘ
constitutionalDocument Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada ⓘ
constitutionalSystem constitutional monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary democracy ⓘ
countryGoverned Dominion of Canada ⓘ
currency Canadian dollar ⓘ
endTime mid-20th century ⓘ
executiveBody Cabinet of Canada ⓘ
executiveBranch King-in-Council ⓘ
linked to: the King-in-Council

Queen-in-Council ⓘ
linked to: Queen in Council
foreignRelationsInitiallyManagedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
gainedIncreasedAutonomyThrough Statute of Westminster 1931 ⓘ
governedTerritory federal territories of Canada ⓘ
provinces of Canada ⓘ
graduallyAssumedControlOf its own foreign policy ⓘ
gradualTransitionTo fully sovereign Government of Canada ⓘ
hasCause Canadian Confederation ⓘ
hasPoliticalStatus dominion status ⓘ
headOfGovernment Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
headOfState British monarch ⓘ
inception 1867-07-01 ⓘ
legalBasis British North America Act 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
lowerHouse House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
partOf British Empire ⓘ
predecessor Province of Canada government ⓘ
linked to: Province of Canada

colonial governments of British North America ⓘ
representedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
responsibleFor federal administration ⓘ
foreign relations ⓘ
national governance ⓘ
startTime 1867-07-01 ⓘ
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
British Parliament (initially) ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
successor fully sovereign Government of Canada ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of Canada ⓘ
usedTermInOfficialStyle Dominion of Canada ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909 → signatoryParty → Government of the Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Government of the Dominion of Canada → successor → fully sovereign Government of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada
Port of Churchill → ownedBy → Government of Canada (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada
Yukon goldfields → governedBy → Dominion of Canada authorities ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada
Military Voters Act, 1917 → implementedBy → Dominion government of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada
Battle of Loon Lake → belligerent → Government of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada
Government of the Province of Canada → succeededBy → Dominion Government of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Government of the Dominion of Canada