If you’re being pedantic, at least be correct. Canada hasn’t formally or informally been called the Dominion of Canada in any internal context since 1951.
1867 British North America Act (aka Constitution Act): “one Dominion under the name of Canada”. It was a last minute change from “Kingdom” to “Dominion” to avoid a hypothetical diplomatic incident with the US. It was never the official name, only a title. Official documents were allowed to use either, for a period, but it was never the formal name.
The last vestiges were the renaming of “Dominion Day” to “Canada Day” in 1982. Any use of the name “Dominion of Canada” is now either archaic, ironic, or a hypercorrection.
I meant, they’re not the conventional short names, which are the ones used in pretty much every context. And the conventional short name for the USA is “United States”, not “America”.
If you’re being pedantic, at least be correct. Canada hasn’t formally or informally been called the Dominion of Canada in any internal context since 1951.
1867 British North America Act (aka Constitution Act): “one Dominion under the name of Canada”. It was a last minute change from “Kingdom” to “Dominion” to avoid a hypothetical diplomatic incident with the US. It was never the official name, only a title. Official documents were allowed to use either, for a period, but it was never the formal name.
The last vestiges were the renaming of “Dominion Day” to “Canada Day” in 1982. Any use of the name “Dominion of Canada” is now either archaic, ironic, or a hypercorrection.
Fine, CUU then.
Actually neither are official names, unlike USA. The United Nations use the three in the meme.
The official name of the country is the “United Mexican States”
I meant, they’re not the conventional short names, which are the ones used in pretty much every context. And the conventional short name for the USA is “United States”, not “America”.
Fair enough.