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Dominion of Canada

Four colonies confederated on 1 July 1867 and grew, province by province, into a nation from sea to sea to sea.

Fully sovereign by the Statute of Westminster (1931) and the patriated Constitution (1982); endures to the present as a federation of ten provinces and three territories.

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Borders over time

The atlas holds 8 border frames for Dominion of Canada — the shape you scrub through changes in 1867 · 1870 · 1871 · 1873 · 1898 · 1905 · 1949 · 1999.

Moments from the Chronicle

• 1867 Confederation: the Dominion of Canada Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick unite on 1 July 1867 — a dominion meant to reach from sea to sea.

Further reading

• The Penguin History of Canada Robert Bothwell · 2006

  A single-volume national history from Confederation to sovereignty.

• A Short History of Canada Desmond Morton · 1983

  A widely used concise survey of the Dominion's growth from sea to sea (broad).

• Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery · 1908 · fiction

  Prince Edward Island in the young Dominion — Canada’s best-loved classic.

Sources

• Canada — Wikipedia