The Minister of the Interior was the member of the

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who oversaw the Department of the Interior, which was responsible for federal

land management Land management is the process of managing the land use, use and development of land resources. Those resources are used for a variety of purposes for example agriculture, forestry, water resource management, Human settlement, human settlements an ...

immigration Immigration is the international movement of people to a destination country of which they are not usual residents or where they do not possess nationality in order to settle as Permanent residency, permanent residents. Commuting, Commuter ...

, Indian affairs, and natural-resources extraction. The position was created in 1873 by Statute 36 Victoria, c. 4, to replace the

Secretary of State for the Provinces Secretary of State for the Provinces was an office in the Cabinet of Canada, active from 1867 to 1873. The office was superseded by the Minister of the Interior (Canada), Minister of the Interior on May 3, 1873. The position was responsible for ...

. The Act designated the Minister as ''

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'' the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. From 30 March 1912 to 9 February 1913, and from 31 December 1919 to 6 August 1930, the Minister of the Interior was also designated ''ex officio'' the Minister of Mines. In 1917 the responsibility for passports was transferred to the

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. It was superseded in 1936 by the Minister responsible for Indian Affairs and

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Ministers

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* {{cite web, url=http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Legacy/pages/DepHist.asp?lang=E&Dept=C&SubDept=All&Key=36, title=History of Departments: Interior, work=

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Ministers of the interior of Canada Interior Interior

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