Lesson 1:

Canada's Legislative Branch


In this first lesson, you will learn about the legislative branch of Canada's government and understand:

  • Canada’s type of government is a constitutional monarchy that consists of several parts, each with its own responsibilities
  • those elected to the House of Commons are responsible for directing Canada in a responsible manner, making laws and policies, and seeing that these laws and and policies are carried out
  • the Senate is an appointed body that serves to ensure that laws and policies are fair to all Canadians

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Key Terms for this lesson:

  • coalition
  • constituency
  • constitutional monarchy
  • executive branch
  • Fathers of Confederation
  • House of Commons
  • judicial branch
  • legislative branch
  • majority government
  • members of Parliament
  • minority government
  • monarch
  • Parliament
  • Senate
  • sovereign