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From top, left to right: Canada Day Fireworks display on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa; a young woman celebrates Canada Day in Toronto; a Canada Day parade in Montreal; a member of Canada's First Nations with a national flag and Royal Union Flag at Canada Day celebrations in Calgary | |
| Also called | Fête du Canada Dominion Day (1879–1982) |
| Observed by | Canada |
| Type | Historical, cultural, national |
| Significance | Anniversary of Canadian Confederation on July 1, 1867 |
| Celebrations | Fireworks, parades, barbecues, concerts, carnivals, fairs, picnics |
| Date | July 1st |
| Frequency | Annual |
| First time | July 1, 1867 (158 years ago) |
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Canada Day[a] is the national day of Canada. A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas (Ontario and Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada.[1][2]
Originally called Dominion Day[b], the holiday was renamed in 1982, the same year that the Canadian constitution was patriated by the Canada Act, 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.[3] Canada Day celebrations take place throughout the country, as well as in various locations around the world attended by Canadians living abroad.[4]
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- ^ "Canada in the Making > Constitutional History > 1867–1931: Becoming a Nation". Canadiana. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ Moore 2011, p. 215.
- ^ Matthew Hayday; Raymond B. Blake (2017). Celebrating Canada: Holidays, National Days, and the Crafting of Identities. University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-4426-2154-1.
- ^ Adam Dodek (2016). The Canadian Constitution. University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-4597-3505-7.