Page "Canadian Confederation" Paragraph 67

After breaking for Christmas, the delegates reconvened in January 1867 and began drafting the British North America Act.

They agreed that the new country should be called Canada, that Canada East should be renamed Quebec and that Canada West should be renamed Ontario.

There was, however, heated debate about how the new country should be designated.

Ultimately, the delegates elected to call the new country the Dominion of Canada, after " kingdom " and " confederation ", among other options, were rejected for various reasons.

The term dominion was allegedly suggested by Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley.