What type of government does Canada have?
Canada is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch's role is purely ceremonial, while an elected Parliament and a prime minister drawn from it hold actual governing authority, divided federally between the national government and its provinces.
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Sources
- 1.Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook: Canada.
- 2.Constitution Act, 1867, and Constitution Act, 1982, Canada.
- 3.Encyclopaedia Britannica. Canada Government and Society.