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Usage of the phrase Dominion of Canada was employed as the country's name after 1867, predating the general use of the term dominion as applied to the other autonomous regions of the British Empire after 1907.
The Act created a federal dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its federal structure, the House of Commons, the Senate, the justice system, and the taxation system.he British North America Act, 1867 established the Dominion of Canada by fusing the North American British Provinces (colonies) of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.