Happy Canada Day! Celebrating 149 years!

[Natalka]

On July 1, 1867, the nation was officially born when the Constitution Act joined three provinces into one country: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Canada province, which then split into Ontario and Quebec. However, Canada was not completely independent of England until 1982. The holiday called Dominion Day was officially established in 1879, but it wasn't observed by many Canadians, who considered themselves to be British citizens. Dominion Day started to catch on when the 50th anniversary of the confederation rolled around in 1917. In 1946, a bill was put forth to rename Dominion Day, but arguments in the House of Commons over what to call the holiday stalled the bill.



The 100th anniversary in 1967 saw the growth of the spirit of Canadian patriotism and Dominion Day celebrations really began to take off. Although quite a few Canadians already called the holiday Canada Day (Fête du Canada), the new name wasn't formally adopted until October of 1982.

[danger_dan]

Happy Birthday to our Beautiful Country!
Enjoy the long weekend folks!

[heartgirl99]

[cath007]

Happy Canada day to all the canadians and sc members!!! Wish you fun to celebrate

[cath007]

[Anna Michele]

Happy Canada Day enjoy the holiday ✨license free fishing week 🎣July 2-10 I love this time of year

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[heartgirl99]

[Natalka]

Last year the flag turned 50, and there was a national project to get schools to record O Canada, students from every province and territory, and their voices were blended to make one giant 28,000 voice recording.

The only place I could find the final result recordings are here at their site, you can listen from this page from their e-book

http://www.flagofcanada.ca/ocanadarecordings.htm

Saskatoon has the only Ukrainian Bilingual elementary school in the province, and they took part in the program. It's the school where our son went when he was young, and my sister used to be principal. Now I have a great-niece and great-nephew attending.

Their 'audition' recording was of O Canada in Ukrainian - but of course, when they were chosen for the master recording, they did it in English.

However, thought you might like to hear it in Ukrainian - it's what I grew up singing at every concert and special occasion.

[kenrod]

Happy (early) Canada Day to my Smart Canucks!

[Mia001]

Happy Canada Day to all SCers !

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[Natalka]

[bluerose]

Happy Canada Day
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[Anna Michele]

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[Natalka]

Canada day Celeberation at Ahmadiyya Mosque Saskatoon