• Troy@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    If you’re being pedantic, at least be correct. Canada hasn’t formally or informally been called the Dominion of Canada in any internal context since 1951.

    1867 British North America Act (aka Constitution Act): “one Dominion under the name of Canada”. It was a last minute change from “Kingdom” to “Dominion” to avoid a hypothetical diplomatic incident with the US. It was never the official name, only a title. Official documents were allowed to use either, for a period, but it was never the formal name.

    The last vestiges were the renaming of “Dominion Day” to “Canada Day” in 1982. Any use of the name “Dominion of Canada” is now either archaic, ironic, or a hypercorrection.