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It happened gradually over time. In 1867 Canada did officially become a country but under the British Crown it still had colonial status. Different Prime Ministers did small things here and there to further Canada's independence, for example when Sir Wilfrid Laurier (PM from 1896-1911 I think) created his own Navy for Canada instead of sharing Great Britain's.

The two biggest strides though were probably first of all when Borden insisted that Canada have its own seat for the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (right after the world war one), which meant for the first time that Canada's international affairs were separate from Great Britain's, and of course when Trudeau brought the constitution home in 1982 which officially allowed Canada to make amendments to its own constitution instead of having to ask Great Britain to amend it for us, and was also the last step in becoming a completely independent nation.

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The process of Canada becoming an independent nation was a gradual one. Over a hundred years Canada continued to assert its independence from Britain through actions such as building their own navy. Canada officially became a country in 1982.

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Are you sure? I Thought it was 1876

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Let me take this question to mean, when did Canada attain formal legal independence from the United Kingdom? (It's important to note that Canada is still bound by a variety of international agreements.)

Although Canada joined the League of Nations as an independent nation in 1919 it was not until 1931 that it became independent of the UK under the Statute of Westminster. Under the terms of the British North America Act, prior to that time, the UK had assumed responsibility for Canada's foreign relations.

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Canada was first settled by the French, then by the English. After the battle of the Plains of Abraham forced France to surrender its holdings, England administered both colonies, gradually conferring more and more power on them.

Both French and English speaking Canadians defeated the second American attempt to forcibly annex Canada in 1812, and that victory over a much larger opponent produced a wave of feelings of nationhood.

As a result, Canada became a nation in 1867.

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In 1867 the four British colonies of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and new Brunswick signed the British North America Act which established them as the independent nation called "The Dominion of Canada" (later shortened to "Canada") Independence was established on July 1, 1867. The other provinces and territories were added to the country later.

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Canada was the first country to gain its independence through legislation, rather than revolution. In the 1800s, there were several British colonies in North America, from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland. Many of these colonies had achieved 'responsible government' status and were largely self-governing by the 1850s. In the early 1860s, several conferences were held among delegates from the eastern colonies, with a view to uniting them into a self-governing, independent federation. A further delegation was sent to Britain to discuss and negotiate the concept of a new nation, independent within the British Empire and loyal to the Crown. Britain approved of the concept, and enacted the 'British North America Act' (BNA Act) thereby uniting several of the colonies into a new nation. The BNA Act came into effect on July 1, 1867, and July 1st is today a National Holiday celebrating the date of Canada's birth as a nation. The BNA Act also provided the means and process whereby those colonies that did not initially join in Confederation, plus other British territories, could gain admission to Canada. Within a decade, all but one of those colonies (Newfoundland) had joined Confederation, and Britain had transferred Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory to Canada. By 1905, three new provinces had been created out of parts of the former Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory. In 1949, Newfoundland joined Confederation to become Canada's tenth province.

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whydid Canada became a nation today?

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Canada officially became a country on July 1, 1867. The first provinces were Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

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Canada became an independent nation in 1867, through the British North America Act. Canada was the very first country in the world to be created by legislation.

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