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The constitution of Quebec comprises a set of legal rules that arise from the following categories: [1] The established provisions of the Clergy Endowments (Canada) Act 1791 , also known as the Constitutional Act of 1791, pertaining mainly to Lower Canada ( Quebec ), [ citation needed ]
The Constitutional Act 1791 (French: Acte constitutionnel de 1791) was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which was passed during the reign of George III. The act divided the old Province of Quebec into Lower Canada and Upper Canada, each with its own parliament and government. It repealed the Quebec Act 1774.
On June 10, 1791, the Constitutional Act was enacted in London and gave Canada its first parliamentary constitution. Containing 50 articles, the act brought the following changes: The Province of Quebec was divided into two distinct provinces, Province of Lower Canada (present-day Quebec) and Province of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario).
The Constitution of Canada is a large number of documents that have been entrenched in the constitution by various means. Regardless of how documents became entrenched, together those documents form the supreme law of Canada; no non-constitutional law may conflict with them, and none of them may be changed without following the amending formula given in Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Articles of Capitulation of Quebec (September 18, 1759) Articles of Capitulation of Montreal (September 8, 1760) Treaty of Paris (1763) (February 10, 1763) British Royal Proclamation of 1763 (October 7, 1763) Instructions to Governor Murray; Instructions to Governor Carleton; Quebec Act (June 22, 1774) Constitutional Act of 1791 (June 10, 1791)
The Constitutional Act of 1791 divided Quebec into Upper Canada (the part of present-day Ontario south of Lake Nipissing plus the current Ontario shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) and Lower Canada (the southern part of present-day Quebec). [66]
Quebec Act (1774) Constitutional Act (1791) Act of Union (1840) Constitution Act (1867) Supreme Court Act (1875) Constitution Act (1886) British North America Acts (1867–1975) Treaty of Versailles; Statute of Westminster (1931) Implied bill of rights; Succession to the Throne Act (1937) Letters Patent (1947) Canada Act (1982) Constitution Act ...
Starting with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, New France, of which the colony of Canada was a part, formally became a part of the British Empire.The Royal Proclamation of 1763 enlarged the colony of Canada under the name of the Province of Quebec, which with the Constitutional Act 1791 became known as the Canadas.