#WriteOff09 – Day 23: Happy Canada Day!
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Today is a monumental day in Canada, or a day of laziness, dependent on how you celebrate. That’s right, it’s Canada Day! As for me? Well, I slept in and have been enjoying doing nothing but finishing up Season 2 of Six Feet Under.
I thought in honour of this day, I would post some history of this day, plus my favourite Canadian-historic comic, done by the fabulous Kate Beton.
Did You Know?
- Canada Day was formerly called Dominion Day.
- Canada Day is a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the enactment of the British North America Act, signed July 1, 1867.
- This act united Canada as a single country of four provinces: the colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada (which was divided into Ontario and Québec).
- Up until post-World War II, many people did not celebrate Canada Day (or Dominion Day, as it was called then).
- However, beginning in 1958, the Canadian government made a conscious effort to organized Dominion Day celebrations on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa.
- After Canada’s centennial in 1967, Dominion Day became more popular with the average Canadian as the country began to be seen as maturing into a distinct, independent country.
- After 1980, the Canadian government began to promote Dominion Day beyond the national capital by helping fund local Dominion Day activities across the country.
- On October 28, 1982, Dominion Day was officially changed to Canada Day, a bill that passed in the House of Commons in five minutes and without debate.
(Source.)
And without further ado, I give you my favourite Canadian History comic by Kate Beaton:
Happy Canada Day everyone!
