Canada Celebrates 158th Canada Day

Canadians celebrate 158th Canada Day as the national day of Canada and the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation, commemorating the country’s formation on July 1, 1867, when the country’s formal creation happened through the Confederation Act. Every year, July 1 is celebrated auspiciously in Canada with grandeur, gaiety and many activities like parades, procession, fireworks, cake distribution, national anthem, concerts, picnics, etc. Over 100 years Canada Day was called “Dominion Day” to commemorate it.

This federal statutory holiday is a very special day for every Canadian to celebrate as the anniversary of the Canadian Confederation started on July 1, 1867. The three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united through the British North America Act, 1867 to form a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada.

Dominion Day was renamed Canada Day in 1982 when the Canadian constitution was introduced by the Canada Act, 1982 to serve the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Montrealers celebrate Canada Day each year on July 1st in the Old Port of Montreal. Cladding the colours of Canada, young and old people get together at the Quai de l’Horloge to have fun, celebrate the day and distribute the Canada Day cake among them. They attend the auspicious event each year and watch Canadian armed forces saluting and marching proudly to swear in the ceremony of new Canadians.