<P> Canada 's founders , led by Sir John A. Macdonald wished their new nation to be called the Kingdom of Canada , to `` fix the monarchical basis of the constitution . '' The governor general at the time , the Viscount Monck , supported the move to designate Canada a kingdom ; however , officials at the Colonial Office in London opposed this potentially `` premature '' and `` pretentious '' reference for a new country . They were also wary of antagonizing the United States , which had emerged from its Civil War as a formidable military power with unsettled grievances because British interests had sold ships to the Confederacy despite a blockade , and thus opposed the use of terms such as kingdom or empire to describe the new country . </P>
<P> Canada 's founders , led by Sir John A. Macdonald wished their new nation to be called the Kingdom of Canada , to `` fix the monarchical basis of the constitution . '' The governor general at the time , the Viscount Monck , supported the move to designate Canada a kingdom ; however , officials at the Colonial Office in London opposed this potentially `` premature '' and `` pretentious '' reference for a new country . They were also wary of antagonizing the United States , which had emerged from its Civil War as a formidable military power with unsettled grievances because British interests had sold ships to the Confederacy despite a blockade , and thus opposed the use of terms such as kingdom or empire to describe the new country . </P>
who suggested the name dominion of canada in 1864
who suggested the name dominion of canada in 1864
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir John A. Macdonald