Rupert's Land Act 1868

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The Rupert's Land Act 1868 was a British statute that authorized the transfer of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory from the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada, paving the way for Canada's westward expansion.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rupert's Land Act 1868 canonical 2
Keewatin Act 1
Rupert's Land Act, 1868 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
British statute ⓘ
affectedIndigenousPeoples First Nations in Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory ⓘ
Métis communities in the Red River region ⓘ
appliesToTerritory North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land ⓘ
authorizedTransferOf North-Western Territory ⓘ
Rupert's Land ⓘ
consequence facilitated the territorial growth of Canada beyond the original provinces ⓘ
paved the way for Canada's westward expansion ⓘ
constitutionalContext post-Confederation expansion of Canada ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfRoyalAssent 1868-07-31 ⓘ
enabled transfer of territorial rights from Hudson's Bay Company to the Crown in right of Canada ⓘ
enabledCreationOf North-West Territories of Canada ⓘ
Province of Manitoba ⓘ
linked to: Manitoba
followedBy Deed of Surrender ⓘ
fromEntity Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
geographicRegionImpacted Northern Canada ⓘ
Western Canada ⓘ
governingMonarch Queen Victoria ⓘ
hasSignificance key step in the territorial consolidation of Canada ⓘ
transition of large parts of northern and western North America from company rule to colonial government ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
implementedBy Deed of Surrender ⓘ
jurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasisFor acquisition of Rupert's Land by Canada ⓘ
acquisition of the North-Western Territory by Canada ⓘ
legalStatus spent ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf British North America legislation ⓘ
precededBy charter and licenses of the Hudson's Bay Company over Rupert's Land ⓘ
purpose to provide for the surrender of Rupert's Land by the Hudson's Bay Company to the Crown and for its admission into the Dominion of Canada ⓘ
relatedTo British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Canadian Confederation ⓘ
Dominion of Canada ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company ⓘ
North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land

Rupert's Land ⓘ
shortTitle Rupert's Land Act, 1868 ⓘ
subjectMatter colonial administration ⓘ
imperial constitutional law ⓘ
transfer of territorial rights ⓘ
toEntity Dominion of Canada ⓘ
typeOfTransfer cession of territory ⓘ
yearOfEnactment 1868 ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Rupert's Land → transferEvent → Rupert's Land Act 1868 ⓘ
Royal Charter of 1670 → followedBy → Rupert's Land Act 1868 ⓘ
Rupert's Land Act 1868 → shortTitle → Rupert's Land Act, 1868 ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land Act 1868
District of Keewatin → establishedByAct → Keewatin Act ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land Act 1868