British North America Act, 1867

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  • British North America Act, 1867

    The act, also known as the BNA Act, comprises a major part of the Constitution of Canada. The Act entails the original creation of a federal dominion and sets the framework for much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its Federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system.

  • British North America Act, 1871

    these acts gave Canada the power to establish new provinces and territories, and to change provincial boundaries with the affected province's consent. The act recognized the creation of the Province of Manitoba, and also the incorporation of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories into Canada.

  • British North America Act, 1886

    This act gave parliament the authority to allow the Territories of Canada to have representation in the Canadian Senate and Canadian House of Commons. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1886.

  • British North America Act, 1907

    This act regulated transfer payments by the Federal government to the smaller provinces to support their legislatures and governments. The funds transferred were set at between C$100,000 and $250,000 depending on the province's population with an extra $100,000 a year for ten years to British Columbia.

  • British North America Act, 1915

    Expanded the Canadian Senate by giving the Western Canadian provinces 24 Senators, the same number that had been guaranteed to Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces. This Act also guaranteed Newfoundland six Senators should that British Domain ever join Confederation which it did in 1949.

  • British North America Act, 1916

    This Act extended the duration of the 12th Canadian Parliament through October 1917, beyond the normal maximum of five years. The extension was carried out due to World War I.

  • British North America Act, 1930

    This act gave the Federal government jurisdiction over Unemployment Insurance thus allowing such a program to be established on a national level. An earlier attempt to create an Unemployment Insurance program during the Great Depression had been ruled to be unconstitutional, since unemployment assistance was judged by the courts to be a provincial responsibility. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1940.

  • British North America Act, 1940

    This act gave the Federal government jurisdiction over Unemployment Insurance thus allowing such a program to be established on a national level. An earlier attempt to create an Unemployment Insurance program during the Great Depression had been ruled to be unconstitutional, since unemployment assistance was judged by the courts to be a provincial responsibility. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1940.

  • British North America Act, 1943

    This Act delayed redistribution of seats in the Canadian House of Commons until the end of World War II. This Act was repealed in 1982, as being completely outdated and obsolete

  • British North America Act, 1946

    This Act adjusted the formula for distributing seats in the Canadian House of Commons among the provinces and territories.This Act was repealed in 1982, as having been superseded.

  • British North America Act, 1949

    This Act allowed for the entry of Newfoundland into the Federation of Canada as its tenth Province. This Act was renamed the Newfoundland Act when the Canadian Constitution was patriated from the United Kingdom in 1982.

  • British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949

    This Act granted Canada limited powers to amend its own constitution. The Parliament of Canada was thereafter allowed to amend the Canadian constitution in many areas of its own jurisdiction without first obtaining the consent of the British Parliament. However, the approval of the British Parliament was still needed for wider constitutional changes, such as those involving areas of provincial and Federal responsibilities. Therefore, this Act can at best be considered a "partial patriation".

  • British North America Act, 1951

    This Act gave the Federal government the power to pass legislation concerning Old Age Pensions, while also recognizing the rights of provincial legislatures to do so. While the Canadian Parliament had established an Old Age Pension program in 1927, this was administered by the provinces and jointly funded by them. This Act of the British Parliament allowed the Federal government of Canada to administer and operate its own pension plan and allowed it to pass the Old Age Security Act.

  • British North America Act, 1952

    This was the first of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Canadian Parliament (rather than by the British Parliament). That had been made possible under the provisions of the British North America Act, 1949. This Act changed the number of seats in the House of Commons and it also limited the number of seats that a province could lose due to redistricting based on the national census to 15% of its previous number of seats. This Act also gave the Yukon Territory its own Me

  • British North America Act, 1960

    This Act instituted a mandatory retirement age of 75 for all superior court judges. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1960.

  • British North America Act, 1964

    This Act extended the Federal government's jurisdiction over pensions to include those of survivor's benefits and disability benefits while continuing to allow the Provinces to have their own pension programs. This amendment to the BNA Act made the Canada Pension Plan possible. In 1982, this Act was renamed the Constitution Act, 1964.

  • British North America Act, 1965

    this was the second of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Parliament of Canada. This was made possible by the provisions of the British North America Act, 1949.

  • British North America Act, 1974

    This was the third of the British North America Acts to be enacted by the Parliament of Canada. This had been made possible by the provisions of the British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949. This Act changed the rules for the redistribution of seats in the Canadian House of Commons so that Quebec was allocated the fixed number of 75 seats, while other the number of seats allocated to each of the other provinces would always be determined based upon the sizes of their populations in comparison