Canada
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
- CONSTITUTION
- April 17, 1982; Charter of Rights and traditional norms
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law, except for Quebec, which is based on the French system
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Commons
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, judges appointed by the Prime Minister through the Governor General
RELIGIONS
42.6% Catholics, 23.3% Protestants, other minorities
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2002CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- NOVEMBER 14, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's...
At the opening session of the UN Third Committee's general debate on human rights, Canadian delegate Gilbert Laurin said that the Iraqi Government continued to show complete disregard for the rights and dignity of its citizens
- NOVEMBER 7, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing,...
The lawyer for China's most wanted fugitive, Lai Changxing, launched a withering attack on China's judicial system, branding it untrustworthy and unfair
- OCTOBER 23, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite...
Chinese President Jiang Zemin asked Canada to extradite China's most wanted fugitive, the alleged smuggling kingpin Lai Changxing, promising he will not be executed if returned
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian government said that a Supreme Court judgment...
The Canadian government said that a Supreme Court judgment forbidding it from extraditing suspects to a country where they could face the death penalty did not mean those linked to attacks in the United States could find a haven in Canada
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The main Canadian Alliance opposition party, saying...
The main Canadian Alliance opposition party, saying Canada had become a staging ground for armed groups wanting to attack the United States, called on Ottawa to introduce anti-terrorism legislation along the lines of Britain's 2000 Terrorism Act
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
A slight majority of Canadians favoured the death penalty...
A slight majority of Canadians favoured the death penalty last month, suggests an opinion poll
- APRIL 25, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution...
Canada was a cosponsor and voted in favor of the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 25, 2001
- APRIL 12, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal,...
Leon Mugesera, 47, an alleged Rwandan war criminal, temporarily won his appeal against deportation from Canada on but still faces human rights charges here against the ethnic Tutsi minority in his homeland
- FEBRUARY 16, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the...
The Canadian Supreme Court ruling was issued in the Atif Rafay and Sebastian Burns
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes...
Canada abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1976 and for military offenses on December 10, 1998
- NOVEMBER 23, 2000CanadaDEATH PENALTY
Lai Changxing, 46, the alleged mastermind behind the...
Lai Changxing, 46, the alleged mastermind behind the Xiamen smuggling racket who was arrested in Canada on 23 November, is almost certain to face the death penalty if sent back to China