when was the canadian charter of rights and freedoms passed
Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, brought the act into effect with a proclamation she signed in Ottawa on April 17, 1982. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms forms the first thirty-five sections (counting Section 16.1 and not counting Section 35) of the Constitution Act, 1982. As of 2016, the government of Quebec has never formally approved of the enactment of the act, though formal consent was never necessary.