Correctly used "Dominion" means that the nation is self-governed with the monarch as head of state. It was the intent of the government at the time of the Canada Act of 1982 to ensure that Canadians understood the difference between former dependency on the British Parliament and the new autonomy. Dispensing with "Dominion of" as a descriptive on federal forms and other documents was touted to be an aid to that end. Instead it gave Canadians the impression that the name of the country had changed; it had not because the name never was "Dominion of Canada" even though Canada is one of Her Majesty's Dominions.

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