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The Manitoba Act is given the Royal Assent, paving the way for Manitoba to become a province of Canada on July 15.
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Manitoba Act, 1870
Part of the Constitution of Canada establishing Manitoba
The Manitoba Act, 1870 is an act of the Parliament of Canada, and part of the Constitution of Canada, that provided for the admission of Manitoba as the fifth province of Canada.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Royal assent
Formal approval of a proposed law in monarchies
Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in others that is a separate step. Under a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Manitoba
Province of Canada
Manitoba is a province of Canada at the longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's fifth-most populous province, with a population of 1,342,153 as of 2021. Manitoba has a widely varied landscape, from arctic tundra and the Hudson Bay coastline in the north to dense…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Top-level subdivisions of Canada
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 15
Day of the year
July 15 is the 196th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 169 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)