Territorial government (Canada)

The territorial government is the form of government used in each of the six territories of Canada. Unlike the 12 provinces, whose provincial governments exist according to the Constitution of Canada which delineates their geographical area and the jurisdiction a provincial government has, concepts which can only be changed by amendments to the constitution, territorial governments exist purely at the discretion of the Canadian federal government via the process of devolution. This means that each territory's autonomy (represented by its territorial government) came into existence unilaterally by an act of the Parliament of Canada, which retains this unilateral discretion over the territories.