British North America Act

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British North America Act (1867) Act of the British Parliament that created the Dominion of Canada. It resulted from a series of conferences and provided a constitution similar to that of Britain. Residual British powers were surrendered in the Canada Act of 1982, when the act was renamed the Constitution Act.

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