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Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is Canada's national holiday. It is a federal holiday celebrated on July 1, annually, by all provincial governments and most businesses across Canada.
History
Canada Day celebrates the creation of the dominion of Canada through the British North America Act on July 1, 1867, uniting three British territories — the Province of Canada, made up of Canada East and Canada West, and politically united since 1840 (southern Ontario and southern Quebec), Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick — into a federation, and creating the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. (See Canadian Confederation.)
A proclamation was issued by Governor General Lord Monck, on June 20, 1868, asking for "all Her Majesty's loving subjects throughout Canada to join in the celebration of the anniversary of the formation of the union of the British North America provinces in a federation under the name of Canada on July 1."Canada Day
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RT @blakehschmidt: It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
tcktcktck (tcktcktck) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:11:21 -0000
RT @blakehschmidt: It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
New phrase of the day: Silver medals are for Canada. From 2b1b of course.
lapyles (Laura Pyles) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:56:35 -0000
New phrase of the day: Silver medals are for Canada. From 2b1b of course.
First day of snow:) there's Canada for you. http://twitpic.com/oehle http://twitpic.com/oehm2
andrewcjduong (Andrew Duong) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:45:51 -0000
First day of snow:) there's Canada for you. http://twitpic.com/oehle http://twitpic.com/oehm2
It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F @350 #350ppm
blakehschmidt (Blake H. Schmidt) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:43:13 -0000
It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F @350 #350ppm
RT @350: It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
moneymunot (Money Munot) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:41:18 -0000
RT @350: It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
RT @350 It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
lorene1voice (Lorene Oikawa) Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:40:57 -0000
RT @350 It's been a big day in Barcelona: Delivering the message 2 those who need 2 hear it most: the U.S. & Canada http://j.mp/d7Y1F
Canada Day - Canadian Heritage traces the history of the holiday.
Canada Day Background - Tells how Canadians got their national holiday.
Canada Day Poster Challenge - Provides basic information about the annual contest that encourages Canadian students to take pride in their heritage. In English and French.
Canada Day Quiz - Twelve questions about Canada with answers on the next page.
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Celebrate Canada - Coloring pages, online quizzes, and other activities designed to help young Canadians celebrate, information about a poster contest, and eleven days of celebration.
DLTK's Canada Day Crafts for Kids - Printable craft template suitable for preschool, kindergarten, and gradeschool kids.
Meta Description: [ Printable templates for Canada day crafts, coloring pages, games, puzzles and more for preschool, kindergarten and gradeschool kids. ]
Kids Domain Canada Day Celebration - Features original coloring pages, crafts, word searches, graphics and history links.
Kids Turn Central: Celebrate Canada Day - Identifies ways kids can celebrate the holiday.
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Sing for Canada - Offers lyrics and MP3 version of national anthem.
Meta Description: [ Learn the lyrics to O Canada in english and french and download the National Anthem on MP3 ]
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