Canada Day, Canadian
national holiday, celebrated on July 1. It marks the anniversary of the
unification of Upper and Lower Canada (what are now Ontario and Quebec), New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia as the Dominion of Canada. This union was effected by
passage on July 1, 1867, of the British North America Act. Formerly known as
Dominion Day, the name was changed to Canada Day in 1982 when the constitution
was revised. The day is marked throughout Canada by parades, fireworks, and the
display of flags.
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