Constitution Act, 1982

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The Constitution Act, 1982 is a cornerstone of Canada’s constitutional framework that patriated the Constitution from the United Kingdom, entrenched the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and established formal amendment procedures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian constitutional statute ⓘ
constitutional document ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK) ⓘ
appliesTo federal government of Canada ⓘ
provincial governments of Canada ⓘ
assentedToBy Elizabeth II ⓘ
cameIntoForceDate 1982-04-17 ⓘ
constitutionalStatus entrenched and supreme over ordinary legislation ⓘ
contains Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Constitutional amending formula ⓘ
Schedule B to the Canada Act 1982 (UK) ⓘ
Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ
Section 35 (Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada) ⓘ
Section 52 (Supremacy clause) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
effect Ended requirement for United Kingdom involvement in Canadian constitutional amendments ⓘ
enactedBy Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
entrenched Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Supremacy of the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
established Domestic amending procedures for the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
General amending formula (7/50 formula) ⓘ
Special regional amending procedures ⓘ
Unanimity amending procedure ⓘ
hasSection Section 1 (Guarantee of rights and freedoms subject to reasonable limits) ⓘ
Section 24 (Enforcement of guaranteed rights and freedoms) ⓘ
Section 33 (Notwithstanding clause) ⓘ
Section 35 (Recognition of existing Aboriginal and treaty rights) ⓘ
Section 36 (Commitment to equalization and regional disparities) ⓘ
Section 38 (General amending procedure) ⓘ
Section 41 (Amendments requiring unanimous consent) ⓘ
Section 43 (Amendments in relation to some but not all provinces) ⓘ
Section 52 (Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada) ⓘ
includesPart Part I – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms ⓘ
Part II – Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada ⓘ
Part III – Equalization and Regional Disparities ⓘ
Part IV – Constitutional Conferences ⓘ
Part V – Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada ⓘ
Part VI – Amendments to the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Part VII – General ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
longTitle An Act to give effect to a request by the Senate and House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
partOf Constitution of Canada ⓘ
patriated Constitution of Canada ⓘ
replaced British role in Canadian constitutional amendment ⓘ
requestedBy Parliament of Canada ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1982-03-29 ⓘ
shortTitle Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
signedAt Ottawa ⓘ
subjectMatter constitutional law ⓘ

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Crown-Indigenous treaties in Canada → legalBasis → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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O Canada → hasKeyChangeHistory → lyrics updated by Parliament of Canada ⓘ
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Premier of Alberta → constitutionalBasis → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
Métis → recognizedBy → Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
Métis → recognizedIn → Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
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