Rupert's Land Act 1868

Rupert's Land Act 1868

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Territorial extent	Rupert's Land, Canada
Other legislation
Relates to	Deed of Surrender

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Canada, prior to receiving Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory

Canada after receiving Rupert's Land and North-Western Territory. Manitoba is also created as a province, simultaneously.

The Rupert's Land Act 1868^[1] (31 & 32 Vict. c.105) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was), authorizing the transfer of Rupert's Land from the control of the Hudson's Bay Company to the Dominion of Canada. Often confused with the Deed of Surrender, the Act is different as it only expressed that the United Kingdom and Canada permitted the transfer but did not settle on the details of exchange with HBC which were then outlined in the Deed.

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As a results of the act the following acts were created that helped create three provinces formerly part of Rupert's Land:

• Manitoba Act 1870
• Alberta Act 1905
• Saskatchewan Act 1905
• Deed of Surrender 1870

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External links[]

• Online text of the Act