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The three parts of Parliament

Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa; a building photograph, not a depiction of Parliament’s constitutional components.
Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa; a building photograph, not a depiction of Parliament’s constitutional components. Centre Block, Ottawa, Southeast view 20170422 1 · DXR / Daniel Vorndran · Daniel Vorndran CC-BY-SA 4.0 (2017) · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; card previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Canada’s Parliament consists of the Crown, the Senate, and the House of Commons.

Scope & context

Parliament is not the same institution as the cabinet or the Supreme Court.

Sources behind this record

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How Parliament works