Constitution of Canada

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The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law outlining the country’s fundamental political structure, division of powers, and rights framework, including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf supreme law ⓘ
written constitution ⓘ
adoptedInPart 1867 ⓘ
1982 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Constitution du Canada (French) ⓘ
Constitution of Canada (English) ⓘ
amendmentRequires various amending formulas depending on subject matter ⓘ
bindingOn federal government ⓘ
provincial governments ⓘ
territorial governments ⓘ
contains amending formulas ⓘ
federal division of powers ⓘ
provincial division of powers ⓘ
provisions on Aboriginal and treaty rights ⓘ
provisions on constitutional conferences ⓘ
provisions on equalization and regional disparities ⓘ
provisions on minority language education rights ⓘ
provisions on official languages ⓘ
provisions on provincial legislatures ⓘ
provisions on the Governor General ⓘ
provisions on the House of Commons ⓘ
provisions on the Senate ⓘ
provisions on the judiciary ⓘ
provisions on the office of the Queen ⓘ
rights and freedoms framework ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
defines division of powers between federal and provincial governments ⓘ
fundamental political structure of Canada ⓘ
governs exercise of public power in Canada ⓘ
relationship between federal and provincial governments ⓘ
hasPart Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Schedule to the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
amendment procedures ⓘ
preamble to the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
preamble to the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
includes Canada Act 1982 ⓘ
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
amendments to the Constitution Acts ⓘ
constitutional conventions ⓘ
imperial statutes applicable to Canada ⓘ
orders-in-council related to the constitution ⓘ
various constitutional statutes ⓘ
influencedBy British constitutional tradition ⓘ
United States constitutionalism ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Canada ⓘ
provincial governments of Canada ⓘ
territorial governments of Canada ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalStatus supreme law of Canada ⓘ
legalSystem common law tradition with civil law elements in Quebec ⓘ
patriated 1982 ⓘ
patriationInstrument Canada Act 1982 ⓘ
recognizes Aboriginal and treaty rights of Indigenous peoples of Canada ⓘ
rightsFramework Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
rightsProtected democratic rights ⓘ
equality rights ⓘ
fundamental freedoms ⓘ
language rights ⓘ
legal rights ⓘ
mobility rights ⓘ

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Constitutional amending formula → appliesTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
General amending formula → appliesTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) → partOf → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador → follows → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Inuvialuit Settlement Region → recognizedBy → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Tsawwassen First Nation → recognizedBy → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Communications Security Establishment Act → relatedTo → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Canadian Security Intelligence Service → governedBy → Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Federal Court (Canada) → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: Federal Court
Exchequer Court of Canada → appliesLaw → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Constitution of Canada → alsoKnownAs → Constitution of Canada (English) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Constitution of Canada → alsoKnownAs → Constitution du Canada (French) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Constitution of Canada → hasPart → preamble to the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Judiciary of Newfoundland and Labrador → interprets → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Government of Saskatchewan → followsConstitution → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Saskatchewan Act, 1905 → partOf → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor → legalAuthorityDerivedFrom → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Constitution Act, 1871 → partOf → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Government of Alberta → usesConstitution → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Alberta Act, 1905 → partOf → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Government of Nunavut → follows → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Act of the Parliament of Canada → mustComplyWith → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Quebec nationalism → hasLegalContext → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Judiciary of Ontario → interprets → Constitution of Canada (within provincial jurisdiction) ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Liberal caucus in the Senate → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Senators Group → operatesWithin → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Aboriginal law → basedOn → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Brampton Centre → hasConstitutionalFramework → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Minister of Constitutional Affairs of Canada → scope → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Senators of the Conservative Party of Canada → governingDocument → Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
District of North Vancouver Council → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
NBLA → hasLegalAuthorityFrom → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Court of Québec → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
municipal government of Ontario → subjectTo → federal Constitution of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
Quebec provincial legislation → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Federal Court of Canada → appliesLaw → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
subject linked to: FC
Provincial Court Act (British Columbia) → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Legislative framework of British Columbia → basedOn → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Minister of Children and Family Development of British Columbia → subjectTo → Canadian Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Constitution of Canada
BNA Act, 1871 → partOf → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
British North America Acts → partOf → Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue City Council → subjectTo → Constitution of Canada ⓘ