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The Charlottetown Conference was a conference about the Canadian Confederation. The representatives of the unions in British North America were present at the conference. The meeting took place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island from September 1st to September 9th 1864.

The purpose of the conference was to discuss the future of the maritime provinces in what later became Canada. The maritime provinces were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.

Constitution of Canada

Pre-Confederation constitutional documents
Iroquois constitution Mi'kmaq constitution Constitution of New France Royal Proclamation of 1763 Quebec Act of 1774 Constitutional Act of 1791 Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada (1838) Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839) Act of Union 1840

Confederation

Constitution Act, 1867

Powers under Section 91	Peace, order, and good government Trade and commerce Criminal law Matters excepted from s. 92
Powers under Section 92	Licensing Works and undertakings Property and civil rights Administration of justice Fines and penalties for provincial laws Matters of a local or private nature

Amendments and other constitutional documents 1867–1982
British North America Acts, 1867–1982 Manitoba Act, 1870 Alberta Act, 1905 Saskatchewan Act, 1905 Statute of Westminster, 1931 Newfoundland Act, 1949

Patriation

Constitution Act, 1982

Part I – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms	Preamble 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16.1 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34
Part II – Rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada	35
Part III – Equalization and regional disparities	36
Part VII – General	52 59

Conventions
At Her Majesty's pleasure Cabinet collective responsibility Disallowance and reservation Responsible government Fusion of powers Queen-in-Parliament Implied repeal Individual ministerial responsibility Interpellation Question Period Parliamentary privilege Parliamentary sovereignty Reserve power Royal prerogative