the other provinces joined up with canada in 1867.
the other provinces joined up with canada in 1867.
when did the other provinces join up with canada?
1867
canada is a federation composed of ten provinces and three territories. in turn, these may be grouped into four main regions: western canada, central canada, atlantic canada, and northern canada ("eastern canada" refers to central canada and atlantic canada together). provinces have more autonomy than territories, having responsibility for social programs such as health care, education, and welfare. together, the provinces collect more revenue than the federal government, an almost unique structure among federations in the world. using its spending powers, the federal government can initiate national policies in provincial areas, such as the canada health act; the provinces can opt out of these, but rarely do so in practice. equalization payments are made by the federal government to ensure reasonably uniform standards of services and taxation are kept between the richer and poorer provinces. the major difference between a canadian province and a territory is that provinces receive their power and authority from the constitution act, 1867 (formerly called the british north america act, 1867), whereas territorial governments have powers delegated to them by the parliament of canada. the powers flowing from the constitution act are divided between the government of canada (the federal government) and the provincial governments to exercise exclusively. a change to the division of powers between the federal government and the provinces requires a constitutional amendment, whereas a similar change affecting the territories can be performed unilaterally by the parliament of canada or government.
canada
in the early 1980s, in saskatchewan, the unionest party advocated the western provinces join the united states.









































in 1995, premier of saskatchewan roy romanow secretly formed a committee on consequences if quebec seceded. the most seriously studied option was strengthening saskatchewan's relationships with other western provinces because, romanow said in 2014, ontario would become closer to the us economically and atlantic canada would become "an island". other possibilities included also seceding from canada, and joining the us. romanow said that predecessor allan blakeney had similarly studied options for saskatchewan during the 1980 quebec referendum.
secessionist movements of canada