<P> In 1981 , the Canadian House of Commons and Senate passed a resolution requesting that the British Parliament enact a package of constitutional amendments which would end the last powers of the British Parliament to legislate for Canada and would create an entirely Canadian process for constitutional amendments . The resolution set out the text of the proposed Canada Act , which also included the text of the Constitution Act , 1982 . The British Parliament duly passed the Canada Act 1982 , the Queen granting Royal Assent on March 29 , 1982 , 115 years to the day since Queen Victoria granted Royal Assent to the Constitution Act , 1867 . On April 17 , 1982 , the Queen signed the Proclamation on the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa bringing the Constitution Act , 1982 into force , thus patriating the Constitution of Canada . Previously , the main portions of the constitution had existed only as an act passed of the British parliament , though under the terms of the Statute of Westminster , it could not be altered without Canadian consent . Canada had established complete sovereignty as an independent country , with the Queen 's role as monarch of Canada separate from her role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms . </P>
<P> In 1981 , the Canadian House of Commons and Senate passed a resolution requesting that the British Parliament enact a package of constitutional amendments which would end the last powers of the British Parliament to legislate for Canada and would create an entirely Canadian process for constitutional amendments . The resolution set out the text of the proposed Canada Act , which also included the text of the Constitution Act , 1982 . The British Parliament duly passed the Canada Act 1982 , the Queen granting Royal Assent on March 29 , 1982 , 115 years to the day since Queen Victoria granted Royal Assent to the Constitution Act , 1867 . On April 17 , 1982 , the Queen signed the Proclamation on the grounds of Parliament Hill in Ottawa bringing the Constitution Act , 1982 into force , thus patriating the Constitution of Canada . Previously , the main portions of the constitution had existed only as an act passed of the British parliament , though under the terms of the Statute of Westminster , it could not be altered without Canadian consent . Canada had established complete sovereignty as an independent country , with the Queen 's role as monarch of Canada separate from her role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms . </P>
when did canada become independent of the british empire
when did canada become independent of the british empire
April 17 , 1982
April 17 , 1982