Canada Temperance Act

*Canada Temperance Act*
Canada Temperance Act
Parliament of Canada
	Long title An Act respecting the Traffic in Intoxicating Liquors ;
Citation	S.C. 1878, c. 16
Royal assent	10 May 1878
Keywords
	Temperance
	Status: Repealed

The Canada Temperance Act (French: Loi de tempérance du Canada), also known as the Scott Act, was an Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in 1878, which provided for a national framework for municipalities to opt in by plebiscite to a scheme of prohibition. It was repealed in 1984.

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