DCHP-2
Confederation DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the joining in federal union, under the British North America Act, of the several provinces consituting the Dominion of Canada, inaugurated in 1867.
See also: Confederacy Maritimes Union (def. 2)
- 1825 [By an article in the Canadian Spectator . . . a confederation of all the British provinces is mentioned as the substitute which the English government have in contemplation.]
- 1863 From Halifax to Huron the question of the Confederation to the British North American provinces is being discussed.
- 1869 Confederation was rather the work of the politicians than of the people.
- 1964 As for the western provinces, we know that they only came into being after Confederation.
- 1825 [By an article in the Canadian Spectator . . . a confederation of all the British provinces is mentioned as the substitute which the English government have in contemplation.]