Meanings
- datedformalCanada
An Act respecting the establishment of Provinces in the Dominion of Canada.
1867, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Long title”, in British North America Act 1871^(British North America Act 1871), page 12 more examples
In that year [1871] British Columbia decided to become part of the Dominion of Canada, on condition that a transcontinental railway should be completed without delay.
1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, pages 127-128About that time, I was asked by the United Nations to confirm the official long and short names of our country. I assumed the long title was Dominion of Canada, and the short was simply Canada. I was wrong. External Affairs declared that Canada alone was official as both the long and the short name. […] Historians trace the origin of the title Dominion of Canada in the constitution to Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, one of the Fathers of Confederation, from New Brunswick.
2001, Alan Rayburn, “Looking at Canada's Places from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and to the Arctic”, in Naming Canada: Stories about Canadian Place Names (nonfiction), University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, How Canada Lost Its 'Dominion', pages 17–18 - historyCanada from 1867 to the early Cold War.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 加拿大自治領 /加拿大自治领
- 加拿大自治領 /加拿大自治领former official name of Canada
French Dominion du Canada
- Dominion du Canadaformer official name of Canada
German Dominion Kanada
- Dominion Kanadaformer official name of Canada
Irish Tiarnas Cheanada
- Tiarnas Cheanadaformer official name of Canada
Cite this entry
Dominion of Canada. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dominion%20of%20Canada
“Dominion of Canada.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dominion%20of%20Canada. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dominion of Canada,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dominion%20of%20Canada.
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