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Canada Act 1982
Canada Act 1982 (Loi de 1982 sur le Canada), UK statute c. 11 assented 29 March 1982, enacted the Constitution Act, 1982 as Schedule B and ended Westminster's power to legislate for Canada, completing patriation.
Canada and the 2026 Iran war
Canada and the 2026 Iran war: after US-Israeli strikes on Iran began February 28, 2026, killing Ayatollah Khamenei, Canada declined military participation, ran consular departures for thousands of Canadians, sanctioned Iranian officials, and backed the June ceasefire diplomacy.
Canada and weapons of mass destruction
Canada and weapons of mass destruction: Canada holds no nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons, is an NPT non-nuclear weapon state, once contributed uranium and plutonium to the Manhattan Project, renounced weapons in 1965, and relies on US extended deterrence through NATO.
Canada Border Services Agency
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA, Agence des services frontaliers du Canada), Canadian federal border agency created December 12, 2003 by merging Canada Customs, CIC enforcement, and CFIA port inspection; 17,000 employees, 1,200 ports of entry, part of Public Safety portfolio, governed by the 2005 CBSA Act.
Canada convoy protest
Canada convoy protest (Freedom Convoy): 2022 trucker demonstrations against COVID-19 vaccine mandates that occupied Ottawa and blockaded U.S. border crossings, prompting Canada's first-ever Emergencies Act invocation, later ruled unreasonable by the Federal Court of Appeal.
Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada's national public arts funder, a Crown corporation created in 1957 that awards grants to professional Canadian artists and arts organizations.
Canada Gazette
Canada Gazette (Gazette du Canada): the official newspaper of the Government of Canada, published since October 2, 1841 in Parts I (proposed regulations, notices), II (official regulations), and III (public Acts), run by Public Services and Procurement Canada.
Canada Growth Fund
The Canada Growth Fund is a C$15 billion Canadian public fund, created in 2022 to attract private capital into low-carbon projects and clean technology companies.
Canada Industrial Relations Board
Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB), Conseil canadien des relations industrielles: independent federal tribunal resolving disputes under the Canada Labour Code, Status of the Artist Act, and Wage Earner Protection Program Act for federally regulated workplaces; tripartite composition, chaired since May 2025 by Maryse Tremblay.
Canada Investment Summit
The Canada Investment Summit is a two-day, government-hosted investment forum held in Toronto on September 14–15, 2026, where Canada and its largest pension funds pitched projects to global institutional investors.
Canada Pension Plan
The Canada Pension Plan is a mandatory contributory pension for workers in Canada outside Quebec, created in 1966, paying retirement, disability, and survivor benefits from a fund of $714.4 billion.
Canada Post
Canada Post (Postes Canada) is the Canadian Crown corporation providing postal service, delivering to every address five days a week and owning most of the courier Purolator.
Canada Revenue Agency
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA, Agence du revenu du Canada): federal agency administering Canadian tax laws for the federal government and most provinces and territories, plus benefits such as the Canada child benefit; created 1999, renamed 2005.
Canada Steamship Lines
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL Group) is a Montreal-based dry bulk shipping group founded in 1913, operating self-unloading bulk carriers on the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, and worldwide oceans.
Canada-China Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments Agreement
Canada-China FIPA, a bilateral investment treaty signed at Vladivostok 9 September 2012 and in force 1 October 2014, granting reciprocal investor treatment, ISDS arbitration, and a 15-plus-15-year term.
Canada–China trade war
The Canada–China trade war is a series of retaliatory tariffs between Canada and China, in 2018–19 over canola trade, and from 2024 over electric vehicles.
Canada–South Korea free trade agreement
The Canada–South Korea free trade agreement (CKFTA) is a bilateral trade agreement between Canada and South Korea, in force since January 1, 2015, and Canada's first with an Asia-Pacific nation.
Canada–United States Beaufort Sea maritime boundary dispute
The Canada–United States Beaufort Sea maritime boundary dispute is an unresolved disagreement over a wedge of about 21,000 square kilometers of the Beaufort Sea north of the Alaska–Yukon border.
Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement
The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement was a 1988 treaty signed by Reagan and Mulroney that eliminated tariffs and covered services, entering force in 1989 and superseded by NAFTA in 1994.
Canada–United States relations
Canada–United States relations: the diplomatic, trade, and defense ties between Canada and the US, built on the 5,525-mile border, NORAD, NATO, and USMCA, now strained by tariffs and 51st-state rhetoric.
Canada–United States softwood lumber dispute
The Canada–United States softwood lumber dispute is a recurring trade conflict over US duties on Canadian softwood lumber, with five lumber wars since the 1980s.
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics
Canadian Aboriginal syllabics (UCAS) are related scripts for Cree, Ojibwe, Inuktitut, and other Indigenous Canadian languages, invented by missionary James Evans by 1840 from shorthand shapes, with vowels shown by character rotation and encoded in Unicode U+1400–U+167F.
Canadian Academy (カネディアン・アカデミイ)
Canadian Academy (カネディアン・アカデミイ) is a private PreK-12 international day and boarding school on Rokko Island, Kobe, Japan. Founded 1913 as Canadian Methodist Academy; full IB continuum since 1980; one of Japan's oldest international schools.
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance (Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance) was a Canadian right-of-centre federal party, 2000–2003, successor to the Reform Party; led by Stockwell Day then Stephen Harper, it was Official Opposition with 66 seats in 2000 and merged with the Progressive Conservatives in 2003 to form the Conservative Party of Canada.
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Armed Forces (Forces armées canadiennes): Canada's unified military of the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force under the Chief of the Defence Staff; 68,714 Regular Force members as of August 31, 2026, rebuilding to 71,500 under Budget 2025's $81.1 billion investment.
Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia
Canadian Armed Forces ranks and insignia: the 20-level CAF rank system with distinct Royal Canadian Navy titles and shared Army/Air Force titles, plus the badges that display rank under the Dress Instructions.
Canadian Army
Canadian Army, land component of the Canadian Armed Forces; descends from the 1855 Militia Act volunteer force; fought both world wars, Korea, Afghanistan; currently restructured under Inflection Point 2025 for NATO missions including Latvia.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CBC/Radio-Canada, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Société Radio-Canada), is Canada's national public broadcaster and federal Crown corporation, established 2 November 1936 as successor to the CRBC, operating under the Broadcasting Act in English, French, and eight Indigenous languages.
Canadian broadcasting historiography
Canadian broadcasting historiography is the scholarly study of how Canada's broadcasting system and policy developed, from the 1929 Aird Commission and the 1932 Broadcasting Act onward.
Canadian Caper
Canadian Caper: 1979–1980 joint Canada–US covert operation sheltering six American diplomats who escaped the Tehran embassy seizure, then exfiltrating them on Canadian passports under a fake film, Argo; basis of the 2012 movie Argo.