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[[File:Canada provinces evolution 2.gif|thumb|alt=When Canada was formed in 1867 its provinces were a relatively narrow strip in the southeast, with vast territories in the interior. It grew by adding British Columbia in 1871, PEI in 1873, the British Arctic Islands in 1880, and Newfoundland in 1949; meanwhile, its provinces grew both in size and number at the expense of its territories.|Evolution of the borders of the [[Quebec|Province of Quebec]]]]

The '''''Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912''''' ({{langx|fr|Loi de l’extension des frontières de Québec}})<ref>{{cite web |title=Loi approuvant la Convention de la Baie James et du Nord québécois |url=https://www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca/fr/version/lc/C-67?code=se:5&historique=20181031 |website=www.legisquebec.gouv.qc.ca}}</ref> was passed by the [[Parliament of Canada]] on April 1, 1912. It expanded the territory of the Province of [[Quebec]], extending the northern boundary to its present location. The act transferred to the province all of the [[Northwest Territories]]' former [[District of Ungava]] except offshore islands. This is a vast area bounded by the [[Eastmain River]], the [[Labrador]] coast, and [[Hudson Bay|Hudson]] and [[Ungava Bay]]s. It was first claimed by England in 1670 as [[Rupert's Land]] by royal decree, becoming part of Canada after Confederation. The indigenous people of the region are [[Cree]], [[Innu|Montagnais]], [[Naskapi]], and [[Inuit]].

The ''[[Quebec Boundary Extension Act, 1898]]'' had granted the province its first territorial enlargement into the Northwest Territories.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Desbiens |first=Caroline |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l9FTCgAAQBAJ |title=Power from the North: Territory, Identity, and the Culture of Hydroelectricity in Quebec |date=2013-05-03 |publisher=UBC Press |isbn=978-0-7748-2419-4 |pages=8–11 |language=en}}</ref> The 1912 act was pursuant to a resolution of the [[House of Commons of Canada]] on 13 July 1908,<ref>Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912, preamble</ref><ref name="HC19080713">
{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Canada |title=Boundaries of Manitoba |url=https://parl.canadiana.ca/view/oop.debates_HOC1004_07/366 |house=Commons |date=13 July 1908 |column_start=12776 |column_end= |volume=7 (10th Parliament, 4th Session) }}</ref> which also led to the ''[[Manitoba Boundaries Extension Act, 1912]]'' and ''[[Ontario Boundaries Extension Act, 1912]]'', which transferred more territory around Hudson Bay to [[Manitoba]] and [[Ontario]] from the Northwest Territories' [[District of Keewatin]].<ref name="HC19080713"/><ref>Manitoba Boundaries Extension Act, 1912, preamble; Ontario Boundaries Extension Act, 1912, preamble</ref>

Canada and [[Dominion of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] disagreed on the location of the frontier between Quebec and Labrador until 1927. The Canadian government accepted Newfoundland's claimed frontier, however Quebec continues to dispute it: see [[Newfoundland and Labrador–Quebec border]].

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==External links==
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* [https://primarydocuments.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/BNActs1913.pdf Reproduction of ''The Quebec Boundaries Extension Act, 1912''] (at pages 239 to 241 of the PDF) printed in 1913

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