Confederation

Proper noun

 * 1) In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
 * 2) In Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
 * 3) In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
 * 4) In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation; 31 March 1949.