Document Information Date: 1987-12-22 By: Jeanne Sauvé (Governor General) Citation: Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, Proclamation, 22 December 1987. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Constitution Amendment, 1987 (Newfoundland Act) Registration SI/88-11 20 January, 1988 CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1987 (Newfoundland Act) By Her Excellency the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada To All to Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: JEANNE SAUVÉ A Proclamation Whereas section 13 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides that an amendment to the Constitution of… Read more Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1987, 22 December 1987 (Newfoundland Act) →
Document Information Date: 1983-06-21 By: Jeanne Sauvé (Governor General) Citation: Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, Proclamation, 21 June 1983 (Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1983). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). SI/84-102 By Her Excellency the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé. Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada. To All to Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: JEANNE SAUVÉ A Proclamation Whereas the “Constitution Act, 1982” provides that an amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada… Read more Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, Proclamation, 21 June 1983 (Constitution Amendment Proclamation, 1983) →
Document Information Date: 1982-03-17 By: Elizabeth II Citation: Elizabeth R, Proclamation, 17 April 1982, reprinted in RSC 1985, App II, No. 45. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). PROCLAMATION of April 17, 1982 proclaiming in force the CONSTITUTION ACT, 1982 SI/82-97 ELIZABETH R JEAN CHRÉTIEN Attorney General of Canada ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, Canada and Her other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. To All to Whom these Presents shall come or… Read more Elizabeth R, Proclamation, 17 April 1982 →
Document Information Date: 1981-10-07 By: Québec, René Blondin Citation: Québec, Assemblée Nationale, Resolution, 7 October 1981. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). RÉSOLUTION The Supreme Court of Canada having decided that the federal proposal respecting the Constitution of Canada decreases the powers of the National Assembly of Québec and that unilateral action by the federal government, although legal, is unconstitutional, being contrary to the conventions, this Assembly demands that the federal government renounce its unilateral course of action, is opposed to any action that could impair… Read more Quebec, Assemblée Nationale, Resolution against unilateral federal action (7 October 1981) →
Document Information Date: 1913 By: C.H. Parmelee (Canada, UK Statutes) Citation: Canada, British North America Acts 1867-1907 (Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1913). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Why Is There No Text? This document has not yet been transcribed. Help us out by transcribing the PDF into a text file and emailing it to pd@theccf.ca. Your help will make PrimaryDocuments.ca the most complete word-searchable electronic repository of documents relating to the Canadian constitution. For more information consult our Be a Contributor page.
Document Information Date: 1867-07-01 By: Victoria Citation: Victoria R, Proclamation, 1 July 1867, reprinted in The Canada Gazette, No. 1, Vol. I. Other formats: No. 1. VOL. I. The Canada Gazette. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. OTTAWA, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1867. CANADA. By the QUEEN. A PROCLAMATION For uniting the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, into one Dominion, under the name of CANADA. WHEREAS by an Act of Parliament, passed on the twenty-ninth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Our reign,… Read more Victoria R, Proclamation, 1 July 1867 (For Uniting the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, into One Dominion, under the name of Canada) →
Document Information Date: 1858-11-19 By: James Douglas Citation: Governor James Douglas, Proclamation, 19 November 1858. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). V. R. PROCLAMATION By His Excellency JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Colony of British Columbia and its Dependencies. PROCLAMATION, having the Force of Law to declare that English Law is in force in British Columbia. WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Session held in the 21st and 22nd years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, it was enacted that the… Read more Governor James Douglas, Proclamation [English law in force in British Columbia], 19 November 1858 →
Document Information Date: 1763-12-07 By: George R. Citation: George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Instructions, 7 December 1763 reprinted in Sessional Papers (1907). Other formats: Republication in Sessional Papers (PDF). INSTRUCTIONS TO GOVERNOR MURRAY. GEORGE R. Instructions to Our Trusty and Wellbeloved JAMES MURRAY, EsQ.r, Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over Our Province of Quebec in America, and of all Our Territories dependent thereupon. Given at Our Court at St James’s the Seventh Day of December 1763 in the Fourth Year of Our Reign. 1.… Read more George R. to Governor James Murray, Royal Instructions, 7 December 1763 →