CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS
A. Consolidation of Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 [PDF Version: 230 Kb]
B. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms [PDF Version: 84 Kb]
C. French version prepared under section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982
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A. Consolidation of Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982 [HTML Version] [PDF Version: 230 Kb]
Consolidation
This consolidation contains the text of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867), together with amendments made to it since its enactment, and the text of the Constitution Act, 1982, as amended since its enactment. The Constitution Act, 1982 contains the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and other new provisions, including ... [full text]. [HTML Version] [PDF Version: 230 Kb]
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B. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Part I of the Constitution Act, 1982) [HTML Version] [PDF Version: 84 Kb]
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C. French version prepared under section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 (English version of report) [HTML Version]
Section 55 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides that a “French version of the portions of the Constitution of Canada referred to in the schedule [to that Act] shall be prepared by the Minister of Justice of Canada as expeditiously as possible”. The French Constitutional Drafting Committee was set up in 1984 with a mandate to assist the Minister in that task. The Committee’s Final Report was tabled in Parliament in December 1990. Click here for the French version of the Final Report.
The English version of the report reproduces the official version of the enactments and was not modified by the Committee. It was included in the Final Report only to facilitate comparison with the proposed new French text. [HTML Version]