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Canada Day
is a National Canadian holiday. It commemorates the founding
of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. It is celebrated with parades,
fireworks, display of flags and the singing of our National Anthem.
Did you know that before 1982 Canada Day had been known as Dominion Day,
First of July, Confederation Day, and July the First? Canada Day celebrates
the events that occurred on July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act
created the Canadian federal government. The BNA Act proclaimed
"one Dominion under the name of Canada," therefore the original title of
the holiday, "Dominion Day." Dominion Day was officially renamed "Canada Day"
by an Act of Parliament on October 27, 1982. This change reflected the policy
of successive governments to downplay Canada's colonial origins. Canada's
national celebration is always observed on July 1, unless that date falls on a
Sunday. In which case it is observed the following day.
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