Portal:Canadian Proclamations
In English law, a proclamation is a formal announcement ("Royal Proclamation"), made under the great seal, of some matter which the King in Council or Queen in Council desires to make known to his or her subjects: e.g., the declaration of war, the statement of neutrality, the summoning or dissolution of Parliament, or the bringing into operation of the provisions of some statute the enforcement of which the legislature has left to the discretion of the king in council.
Queen Victoria edit
1868 edit
- May 23, 1868, regulating quarantine and public health for vessels coming into Canada.
- June 19, 1868, regulating quarantine and public health for immigrants landing at Quebec.
- June 20, 1868, establishing July 1, 1868 as Dominion Day
George VI edit
1939 edit
- August 25, 1939, declaring October 9, 1939 as Thanksgiving Day
- September 1, 1939, reconvening the Parliament of Canada for September 7, 1939.
- September 1, 1939, declaring apprehended war with the German Reich
- September 10, 1939 declaring a state of war with the German Reich
1943 edit
- December 26, 1942, declaring the extraterritoriality of the birthplace of Princess Margriet of the Netherlands