Provinces and territories of Canada Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Ceremonial territory== The [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]], near [[Vimy]], Pas-de-Calais, and the [[Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial]], near [[Beaumont-Hamel]], both in France, are ceremonially considered Canadian territory.<ref name="Wilson2012">{{cite book|first=John|last=Wilson|title=Failed Hope: The Story of the Lost Peace|url=https://archive.org/details/failedhopestoryo0000wils|url-access=registration|year=2012|publisher=Dundurn|isbn=978-1-4597-0345-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/failedhopestoryo0000wils/page/38 38]|access-date=November 22, 2015}}</ref> In 1922, the French government donated the land used for the Vimy Memorial "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".<ref>{{cite web | title = Design and Construction of the Vimy Ridge Memorial | publisher = Veteran Affairs Canada | date = August 8, 1998 | url = http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/ww1mem/Vimy/vmemory#one | access-date = July 20, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090409062438/http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=Memorials%2Fww1mem%2FVimy%2Fvmemory#one | archive-date = April 9, 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref> The site of the Somme battlefield near Beaumont-Hamel site was purchased in 1921 by the people of the [[Dominion of Newfoundland]].<ref name="Wilson2012"/> These sites do not, however, enjoy [[extraterritoriality|extraterritorial status]] and are thus subject to French law. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page