Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A tsakiyar karni na 19, Biritaniya ta fara aiwatar da ba da ikon cin gashin kai ga sauran yankunanta a Arewacin Amurka. Yawancin waɗannan yankuna sun shiga Tarayyar Kanada a cikin shekarun 1860 ko 1870, kodayake Newfoundland ba zai shiga Kanada ba har zuwa 1949
Ka yi haƙuri. Kanada ta sami cikakken 'yancin kai bayan wucewar Dokar Westminster 1931, kodayake ta ci gaba da alaƙa da Burtaniya kuma har yanzu tana yarda da masarautar Burtaniya a matsayin shugaban ƙasa. Bayan farawar Yakin Cacar Baki, yawancin ragowar mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Amurka sun sami 'yanci tsakanin 1962 da 1983. Da yawa daga cikin ƙasashen da Biritaniya ta mallaka a dā suna cikin Commonwealth of Nations, ƙungiyar siyasa da ta ƙunshi ƙasashen da Biritaniya ta mallaka a dā.