Canada is made up of ten provinces and three territories. The territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. The Provinces include: Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. Yukon. The major difference between a Canadian province and a Canadian territory is that a province is a creation of the Constitution Act (17 April 1982), while a territory is created by federal law. Thus, the federal government has more direct control over the territories" (One World, 2014). Ottawa is the capital city if Canada. Ottawa is located in the South East, in the province of Ontario, and is the fourth largest city in Canada. Alberta is one of
Constant agreements started to happen between the provisional government and the Canadian government, but the provisional government wanted Manitoba to become a province. They wanted this to happen because provinces are not under the rule of another, whereas territories, they fall under the obligations of the Canadian government. The Canadian government issued the Manitoba Act on May 12, 1870. Macdonald, the prime minister at the time, came to an understanding to allow equal to the Metis and French along with the English Protestants in Red River. Since the Manitoba act was established, it opened many opportunities especially the one that lead to making Manitoba a province. The “North-Western Territories” were the new names for Rupert’s land
In the reading "Itsuka" by Joy Kogawa in Pens of Many Colours, what action taken by the Canadian government does the author describe?
This act became known as the Quebec Act and was implemented because of the Crowns fear that they would follow in the colonies footsteps. Great Britain wanted to be assured that Canada wouldn’t join the colonists war effort, so by establishing the Quebec Act, the Crown was able to make sure that Canada would stay loyal. Nevertheless, the Quebec Act defined new boundaries for Canada in the regions of present day Ontario, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Despite that, colonists viewed this ordinance as a threat to their potential expansion and liberties. Great Britain gave Canada land that had already been claimed by the colonies. In the future, this act would cause colonists to lose the support of the Canadians, during the Revolutionary
Starting with the Constitution Act of 1791, Canada was divided into two parts: Upper Canada and Lower Canada. Upper Canada was where the wealthy British, known as the Family Compact, resided. Lower Canada was where the less wealthy French resided. Although Lower Canada had its own branch of government, known as the Legislative Assembly, it had tremendously limited power. After many Canadians voiced their anger towards this circumstance, the Constitution of 1867 was created (Billingsley, 2013). The constitution combined Lower Canada and Upper Canada, and it gave the people much more rights, although it did not actually make Canada an independent country. Canada’s road to independence was, to a large extent, evolutionary and not revolutionary because it was unoriginal and because it took much too long of a time for its changes to be considered revolutionary.
In the Constitution Act 1982, section 38 that the constitution of Canada can be amend when resolution of the Senate, the House of Commons and legislative assemblies, which has support of majority its members, of at least two- thirds of provinces that have at least fifty per cent of the population of the provinces. According to section 43 (1), an amendment to the Constitution of Canada, in relation to any alteration to boundaries between provinces, and any amendment to any provisions that relate to the use of the English or the French
On July 1st of 1867, Ontario became of the founding members of the dominion of Canada, when it joined with Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec in confederation. This created the province of Canada, from the merging of Upper Canada (Ontario), and Lower Canada, (Quebec).
When it comes to certain qualities and attributes of the United States of America and Canada, many people residing elsewhere fail to tell the difference. The accents of people from certain parts of both countries, for instance, are so incredibly indistinguishable that they baffle any and everyone. Besides this one factor, they even share some comparable cultural characteristics, such as driving on the right side of the road and cherishing the same basic human rights to the utmost importance. Likewise, there are several similarities between multiple aspects of the countries’ respective governments, including within their individual established frameworks, political systems, and their divisions of authorities and duties. These could potentially point out a reason as to why Canada and the United States are immensely successful in their particular objectives, and are on their paths to achieving their long-term goals with difficult to accomplish, yet beneficial visions. After all, they are both either on the way to becoming or currently are two of world’s leading superpowers (Financial Post). However, there is not just one particular infallible way to rule a country and push it to further advancement simultaneously. In fact, each country works and functions differently, which is primarily due to individual background and history. Ultimately, although Canada and the United States of America are both nations that share similarities in various parts of their Constitutions, political
region much different from another. One of the major reasons for this can be seen through the
Today, Ontario and Quebec have maintained their 24 member senatorial status. The four Western provinces have 6 members each. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick both have 10 seats. Prince Edward Island was given 4 out of the original 24 Maritime senators. Together, Newfoundland and Labrador have a total of 6 members. Finally, Nunavut, the Yukon and the Northwest Territories stand in the equation with 1 senator apiece. Along with the Senate`s original intentions, the principle of equality between the provinces is evidently lost. The Senate primarily fails because it was formerly created to balance out the representation by population which lies in the House of Commons however currently only seems to reinforce it. In fact, Canada’s central provinces, Ontario and Quebec, account for 60 percent of the seats in the House of Commons and almost half of the seats in the Senate at 46 percent.5 The inadequacy of regional representation is emphasized as the Canada West Foundation clearly states: “Canada is the only democratic federal system in the world in which the regions with the largest populations dominate both houses of the national legislature.“6 With an unelected Senate that no longer fulfills its role of equal regional representation and a House of Commons grounded on the representation of provinces proportional to their population, the legitimacy of Parliament has become a
13. The two European powers that fought over control of the territory that became Canada were the:
Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are some of the other cities in Canada. Canada is also hoe to a diverse group of people. There are North American Indians, Asians, Chinese and European groups in Canada.
To define the term “nation” is quite a challenging task. The Student’s Oxford Canadian Dictionary defines a nation as, “a community of people forming a state or inhabiting a territory” (Barber, et al., 2007). In contrast to many other resources, this definition is an extremely simple one. The same dictionary defines a state as “an organized political community under one government” (Barber, et al., 2007). By these definitions, Canada clearly
Federal Parliament has the exclusive power to make acts criminal under s. 91 of the
Canada is the second largest land mass of any country and is composed of 10 provinces, and three territories; However, Quebec and Ontario make up the majority of the seats in the house of commons. Political parties must gain the support of either Quebec or Ontario if they want to win a federal
Canada is a North American Country having 10 provinces & 3 territories in its content. It is located to the