A cikin sanarwar Balfour a taron Imperial na 1926, Biritaniya da masarautun ta sun yarda cewa suna "daidaitaccen matsayi, ba su da wata alaƙa da juna a kowane bangare na al'amuransu na cikin gida ko na waje, kodayake haɗin kai ne ga kambi, kuma suna da 'yanci a matsayin membobin Commonwealth of Nations na Burtaniya".An yi amfani da kalmar "Commonwealth" a hukumance don bayyana al'umma.Waɗannan fannoni na dangantakar an tsara su ta hanyar Dokar Westminster a 1931, wanda ya shafi Kanada ba tare da buƙatar amincewa ba, amma Ostiraliya, New Zealand, da Newfoundland dole ne su amince da dokar don ta fara aiki. Newfoundland ba ta taɓa yin hakan ba, kamar yadda a ranar 16 ga Fabrairun 1934, tare da amincewar majalisar dokokinta, gwamnatin Newfoundland ta ƙare kuma ta dawo da mulki da son rai don sarrafawa daga London. Newfoundland ta shiga Kanada a matsayin lardin 10th a 1949. Daga baya aka haɗa ta da Australiya a matsayin lardin 10th, kuma aka haɗa ta da 'yanci a matsayin membobin Commonwealth of Nations na Burtaniya.
Shekara ta 1949