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A major part of Canada's Constitution, the Act established the Dominion of Canada by fusing the North American British colonies of the Province of Canada (the two subdivisions of the Province of Canada, Canada West and Canada East, were renamed Ontario and Quebec), the Province of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The Act also defines much of the operation of government in Canada, including its federal structure (including the division of powers between the provinces and the federal government), the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system.
La version anglaise de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 est la seule bénéficiant d'un statut officiel, la version française n'étant qu'officieuse. La version anglaise est donc la seule qui a force de loi et qui peut être invoquée devant les tribunaux. L'article 55 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 prévoyait la rédaction et le dépôt pour adoption d'une version française officielle. Une version française fut rédigée, mais elle n'a jamais été adoptée. (Inversement, la Loi de 1982 sur le Canada, qui contient la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867, est la seule loi du Parlement britannique à avoir été adoptée à la fois en anglais et en français.)
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