Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912
![When Canada was formed in 1867 its provinces were a relatively narrow strip in the southeast, with vast territories in the interior. It grew by adding British Columbia in 1871, P.E.I. in 1873, the British Arctic Islands in 1880, and Newfoundland in 1949; meanwhile, its provinces grew both in size and number at the expense of its territories.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Canada_provinces_evolution_2.gif/220px-Canada_provinces_evolution_2.gif)
The Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 is an Act passed by the Parliament of Canada on April 1, 1912, that expanded the territory of the Province of Quebec. It was supplemental to the Quebec Boundary Extension Act, 1898 that granted the province its first territorial enlargement. The Act transferred to the province the vast territory bounded by the Eastmain River, the Labrador coast, and Hudson and Ungava Bays, extending the northern boundary to its present location. These lands were inhabited by the aboriginal Cree, Montagnais, Naskapi, and Inuit.
Canada and Newfoundland disagreed on the location of the frontier between Quebec and Labrador until 1927. While Canadian Federal government accepted Newfoundland and Labrador's claimed frontier, to this date Quebec disputes this: see Labrador Boundary Dispute.
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- Reproduction of The Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912 (at pages 239 to 241 of the PDF) printed in 1913
- Canadian federal legislation
- Political history of Quebec
- Borders of Quebec
- 1912 in Canadian law
- 1912 in Quebec