Rupert's Land Act 1868

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act for enabling Her Majesty to accept a Surrender upon Terms of the Lands, Privileges, and Rights of "The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" and for admitting the same into the Dominion of Canada.
Citation	31 & 32 Vict. c. 105
Territorial extent	Rupert's Land,Canada
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1868
Other legislation
Relates to	Deed of Surrender

TheRupert's Land Act 1868^[1] (31 & 32 Vict. c. 105) was anAct of theParliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it then was), authorizing the transfer ofRupert's Land from the control of theHudson's Bay Company to the Dominion ofCanada. Often confused with theDeed 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.

• Legislation creating the three Canadian provinces that had been part of Rupert's Land:
  • Manitoba Act 1870
  • Alberta Act 1905
  • Saskatchewan Act 1905
• Deed of Surrender 1870

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Rupert's Land Act, 1868

• Online text of the Act

• Legal history of Canada
• 1868 in British law
• United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1868
• Hudson's Bay Company
• 1868 in Canadian law
• Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning Canada
• Land law
• Rupert's Land
• Annexation

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