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Section 35 recognizes existing Aboriginal and treaty rights

Centre Block on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, photographed in 2017; an illustration of the constitutional setting, not the text or full scope of section 35.
Centre Block on Parliament Hill, Ottawa, photographed in 2017; an illustration of the constitutional setting, not the text or full scope of section 35. Centre Block, Ottawa, Southeast view 20170422 1 · DXR / Daniel Vorndran · Source copyright notice: Daniel Vorndran CC-BY-SA 4.0 (2017) · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms the existing Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada. It identifies Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples for this provision.

Scope & context

Constitutional wording; the scope of particular rights requires further legal analysis.

Sources behind this record

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Constitution Act, 1982 ↗

Department of Justice Canada

Part II, section 35