Talk:Dominion of Canada

The Dominion of Canada
This deserves its own separate page.

ArmchairVexillologistDon 00:20, 7 April 2007 (UTC)


 * I've restored the redirect to Canada. The subject is better covered within the Canadian history pages, rather than by creating a potentially confusing "spin-off" article. --Ckatz chat spy  03:40, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

There is ample precedent for the Dominion of Canada article.

ArmchairVexillologistDon 04:40, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Other Dominions within the British Empire-Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Australia (1901)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia

Dominion of New Zealand (1907)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_New_Zealand

Dominion of Newfoundland (1907-1949)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_South_Africa

Dominion of India (1947-1950)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_India

Dominion of Pakistan (1947-1956)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_of_Pakistan

ArmchairVexillologistDon 00:42, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Requested edit
Please assist I would like someone to add Category:Unprintworthy redirects and Category:Redirects from alternative names to this article. Thanks. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 03:52, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
 * ✅. Also unprotected. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 17:08, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Where should this redirect?
In my opinion, Dominion of Canada clearly should redirect to Canada, as the two terms are synonymous. User:Elevatorrailfan seems to feel that modern Canada is a successor state to the Dominion of Canada and that the transition happened in 1953. I do not believe that there is historical evidence for this. We have had this discussion before, and the consensus is that the country was never formally named "Dominion of Canada", nor was there ever a formal abolishment of the term dominion as a description of Canada; it has simply gradually gone out of use. Indefatigable (talk) 19:18, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * An excellent summary of the issue and the lengthy discussion. I agree with you on all points, except I would say "abolition" because it is shorter, but that is a minor quibble. Ground Zero | t 20:07, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Agree with Indefatigable. Canada is not the "successor state" to the Dominion of Canada.  Canada = Dominion of Canada. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 20:37, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Also agree - the two terms have never been legally distinct. There was no change in name (loss of Dominion in the title) at any point.Peter Rehse (talk) 17:29, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

RfC for Dominion of Canada
Since the Dominion of Canada redirects to Canada, I think this edit needs to be restored to this period. Canada became an independent state since 1982. The 1867-1982 period covered Canada which was still part of the United Kingdom. Wrestlingring (talk) 23:13, 10 January 2017 (UTC)

Survey

 * Strong oppose not even close to correct .--Moxy (talk) 00:15, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose - continuous history is documented at Canada. Flat Out (talk) 00:48, 11 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose - 1982 was a merely a constitutional amendment that added the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and changed the amending formula. There was no interruption of the institutions or offices of state. The notion that post-1982 Canada is a successor state to pre-1982 Canada fails under scrutiny. Indefatigable (talk) 05:01, 12 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose "Dominion of Canada" was a name used to refer to Canada from Confederation that eventually fell out use. It should not be confused with "dominion status," which by the way was not abolished in 1982, but following the Queen's ascent to the throne, gave way to the term "Commonwealth Realm," which still applies to Canada.  TFD (talk) 04:36, 23 January 2017 (UTC)

Threaded discussion
The proposing editor has retired so I think this can be closed. Flat Out (talk) 05:02, 12 January 2017 (UTC)

Mention in History of Canada
Thought it might be good to make some mention of what happened to use of the term. Added this. --BoogaLouie (talk) 17:00, 19 January 2017 (UTC)