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Confederation
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confederation confédération Confédération
English
Proper noun
1
In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, initially New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
In Canada, the date of Confederation: July 1, 1867.
In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation: March 31, 1949.
Derived terms
en Confederation Day Confederation poets
Related terms
en Confederate confederationist
Translations
French: fr Confédération f
See also
en French fact
en History of Canada