What was the outcome of the 1905 Saskatchewan Act and Alberta Act?

• A. They created two new provinces: Saskatchewan and Alberta.
• B. They merged the territories into a single province.
• C. They dissolved the North-West Territories.
• D. They granted full independence to Rupert's Land.

Answer: (A)

The acts tested here show how Canada expanded governance westward by turning parts of the Northwest Territories into new provinces. The Saskatchewan Act and the Alberta Act were laws that created two new provinces—Saskatchewan and Alberta—each with its own provincial government and defined borders. This change meant the western portion of the Northwest Territories became provinces, while the remaining part of the Territory continued to exist as the Northwest Territories.

So, the outcome wasn’t a merge of all territories into a single province, and it wasn’t the dissolution of Rupert’s Land or granting independence. It was the creation of two new provinces from the western portion of the Northwest Territories.