Confederation

See also: confederation and confédération

English

Proper noun

Confederation

1. 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.
   1. In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
2. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
   1. In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation; 31 March 1949.

Derived terms

• Confederation Day
• Confederation poets

Related terms

• Confederate
• confederationist