A cikin jawabinta ga Kanada a ranar Dominion Day a 1959, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta nuna cewa tarayyar Kanada a ranar 1 ga Yuli 1867 ita ce haihuwar "ƙasa ta farko mai zaman kanta a cikin Daular Burtaniya". Ta bayyana: "Don haka, yana kuma nuna farkon wannan ƙungiyar 'yanci na ƙasashe masu zaman kansu wanda yanzu aka sani da Commonwealth of Nations". Tun da daɗewa a 1884 Lord Rosebery, yayin da yake ziyartar Ostiraliya, ya bayyana sauyawar Daular Burtaniya, kamar yadda wasu daga cikin yankunanta suka zama masu zaman kansu, a matsayin "Commonwealth of Nations".
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