For such a relied upon, quoted, historically significant, politically incomplete and sometimes mistreated document, Canadians do not fully recognize (nor celebrate) their Constitution.
"...The Constitution Act, 1982, which contains the charter, isn’t on display anywhere. Even the British North America Act, the foundational document that is now called the Constitution Act, 1867, isn’t on display — it’s not even in Canada.
“There are a whole slew of documents, ranging from the Hudson’s Bay Company Charter to the 1763 Proclamation to the ‘numbered treaties’ of the 1870s, that have never been displayed in Canada, and it’s a real shame,” said Patrice Dutil, a fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute..."
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/why-you-cant-go-see-the-charter-of-rights-and-freedoms-in-a-museum-or-anywhere-else
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