In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others
In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
The coming together of the colonies in British North America Three colonies were made into four provinces These were Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick They became the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867 The other provinces and territories joined later
a form of government in which the member states give up a small amount of power to a central government but retain most of the power for themselves Sovereignty remains with the member states
A confederation is normally a looser union of states formed for a common purpose Each part of a confederation (or confederal state) is normally free to leave, as in case of the constituent republics
A confederation divides an autonomous system into subautonomous systems and assigns a confederation identifier to the autonomous systems In a confederation, each subautonomous system is fully meshed with other subautonomous systems The subautonomous systems communicate using an IGP, such as Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) or Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
A federal system of government in which sovereign constituent governments create a central government but balance of power remains with constituent governments
the name given to the federation of Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick when Canada was created in 1867 Six other provinces and three territories have since joined Confederation
A group of states that willingly enter into an alliance to form a political unit for a common purpose, such as economic security or defense; it is highly interdependent, but has a weak directorate organization thus allowing the individuals states to maintain a fairly high degree of sovereignty
a code word for permanent partition by Turkey of the occupied areas and the legalization of the illegal status quo on the island Further, a confederation as the basis of a solution contravenes all international resolutions and even the High Level agreements that the Turkish side have agreed upon See also Taksim
A confederation is an organization or group consisting of smaller groups or states, especially one that exists for business or political purposes. the Confederation of Indian Industry. plans to partition the republic into a confederation of mini-states. a group of people, political parties, or organizations that have united for political purposes or trade. Swiss Confederation Articles of Confederation Confederation of the Rhine German Confederation New England Confederation North German Confederation
The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada (now known as Quebec and Ontario) Other provinces were later added to this union, Alberta joining in 1905