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Usage of the phrase Dominion of Canada was employed as the country's name after 1867, predating the general use of the term dominion as applied to the other autonomous regions of the British Empire after 1907.
Report Abuse. According to the Dominion Act on July 1, 1867 Canada was granted some autonomy but not completely independent, it wasn't until the Statute of Westminster in 1931 that Canada was considered independent from Britain but still under it's influence as a Commonwealth nation.