Slavery in Canada ended gradually, with the key legal milestones being the 1793 Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada, which banned the importation of slaves and freed children of slaves at age 25, and the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 passed by the British Parliament that took effect on August 1, 1834, which abolished slavery throughout the British Empire including Canada. However, full emancipation was achieved by 1838, as the 1834 Act allowed children under 6 to be held as apprentices for several more years. Slave owners received compensation but formerly enslaved people did not. Emancipation Day in Canada is commemorated on August 1 to mark this abolition.
