Rupert's Land Act 1868

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

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.

See also

The act resulted in other legislation that created or helped create 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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