Canada Day

Various ethnic groups from many areas on Canada Day and the Centennial of Confederation (Montreal, Canada). 1 July 1967. Photo by Ray Duguay. [Copyrighted free use. Copyright held by the Library and Archives Canada. Restrictions on use: nil.] Available from Wikimedia Commons.

July 1 is Canada Day, the anniversary of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly called the British North America Act), which united New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the United Province of Canada) into a single country, Canada. The day was originally called Dominion Day. It was renamed Canada Day after the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted the Canada Act in 1982, which made Canada completely independent.