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Same thing. Before Canada Day it was called Dominion Day.
Dominion Day is just the former name of the national holiday celebrated annually on the first of July, the date of Confederation. The national holiday is now called Canada Day. The first Dominion Day national holiday was celebrated in 1879. The name of the national holiday was changed to Canada Day on October 27, 1982.
Canada Day celebrates the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 which united Canada into a single country called Canada within the British Empire. It was created by the Canadian Government. The name was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day in 1982 when the Canadian constitution was patriated.
Dominion Day.
Dominion Day was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of Canada as a Dominion on 1 July 1867. The holiday was renamed to Canada Day by Act of Parliament on 27 October 1982.
Well, in most places they have big celebrations with face painting and stuff, and there is fireworks!
Canada became a country ("one dominion under the name of Canada") on July 1, 1867.
Canada Day used to be known as Dominion Day.
Dominion Day is the former name of Canada Day. They both celebrate the anniversary of Confederation, when Canada became an independent nation, on July 1, 1867. Canada Day, July 1, is celebrated as a national holiday in Canada.
Canada Day used to be known as Dominion Day.
That is their Independence Day, also known as Dominion Day or Canada Day.
It was formally known as Dominion Day but then after the Canada Act in 1982 it was called Canada Day.