DCHP-3

Dominion of Canada

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the name of the Confederation of Canada as created by the British North America Act in 1867.

Quotations

1867
At sunset [July 1st] another salute of 21 guns was fired which ended the programme for the day, and all wished Peace, Happeness [sic] & Prosperity to the Dominion of Canada.
1872
With respect to the confederation of the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, into what is now termed the Dominion of Canada, there is a good deal to be said on both sides.
1924
Nowhere in the civilized world, perhaps, is there more respect paid to the coroner and his inquests than in the Dominion of Canada.
1958
In the BNA Act the word Dominion is used officially to describe the Union, and Dominion of Canada became accepted as the formal designation of the nation.