10 Potential Contaminant Source Inventory The first task of the source water protection planning group was to locate on maps the facilities that they believed could present a substantial threat to their drinking water if a major spill or release occurred, due to the amounts and/or types of chemicals presumably used.
The British Parliament passed the British North America Act in 1867. The Dominion of Canada was officially born on July 1, 1867. Until 1982, July 1 was celebrated as âDominion Dayâ to commemorate the day that Canada became a self-governing Dominion. Today it is officially known as Canada Day.
Canada Becomes Official In 1791, the Constitutional Act, also called the Canada Act, divided the Province of Quebec into the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. This marked the first official use of the name Canada. In 1841, the two Quebecs were united again, this time as the Province of Canada. On July 1, 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country of Canada upon its confederation.