British Columbia Terms of Union

The British Columbia Terms of Union is an Order in Council of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and forms part of the Constitution of Canada.^[1]

British Columbia joined Confederation and became the sixth province of Canada on July 20, 1871. The confederation agreement was based on terms of union negotiated in Ottawa between the Colony of British Columbia and the Dominion of Canada. The Terms of Union consists of 14 articles.