<P> Although responsible government had existed in Canada since 1848 , Britain continued to set its foreign and defence policies until the end of the First World War . The passing of the Statute of Westminster in 1931 recognized that Canada had become co-equal with the United Kingdom . After the Constitution was patriated in 1982 , the final vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament were removed . Canada currently consists of ten provinces and three territories and is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state . </P>
<P> Although responsible government had existed in Canada since 1848 , Britain continued to set its foreign and defence policies until the end of the First World War . The passing of the Statute of Westminster in 1931 recognized that Canada had become co-equal with the United Kingdom . After the Constitution was patriated in 1982 , the final vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament were removed . Canada currently consists of ten provinces and three territories and is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state . </P>
when did canada become independent from the british empire
when did canada become independent from the british empire
1931
1931