Other Canada Day traditions that are gaining footholds are picnics, festivals, sporting events, and fireworks. Many Canada Day events are planned all over the country, including Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, and Victoria though, again, may look a bit different.
If you want to celebrate at home, why not belt out your own rendition of "O Canada"? You can find the lyrics here. And hear the French version as well. BY Miss Cellania. All provincial governments observe this day. Many organizations, businesses and stores are closed, although some book stores, pharmacies and gas stations may be open. Post offices are closed. As Canada Day falls in the Canadian summer holiday period, all schools are closed. Public transport services may operate to their usual or a reduced timetable.
In some areas, extra services are provided for large scale events. Street closures due to concerts, parades and festivals may cause some local disruption to traffic. This event is known as the confederation of Canada.
The four original provinces were created from the former British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and the Province of Canada, which was divided into the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Canada's boundaries have been extended since The country now consists of 10 provinces and three territories. On June 20, , the Canada's Governor General proclaimed that Canadians should celebrate the anniversary of the confederation.
July 1 became a holiday, known as Dominion Day, in However, no official celebrations were held until the 50th anniversary in and the 60th anniversary in After World War II, Dominion Day was celebrated more frequently and more events were organized by the national government.
After the centenary of the confederation in , Dominion Day events became more widespread. To Shelagh and John Taylor: Your comments on residential schools are not truthful: the students were not killed; they died of disease most likely; they were not dumped unceremoniously into mass graves; they were buried in individual unmarked graves over a long period of time.
The numbers found so far do not add up to more than although they probably will as more graves are found with the help of ground penetrating radar. The residential school problem is a true tragedy. Do not make things worse by exaggerating the circumstances. This year on Canada Day, many Canadians will be reflecting instead of celebrating. In recent weeks, discoveries at several former residential schools revealed and confirmed that hundreds of Indigenous children were killed, their bodies dumped unceremoniously into mass, unmarked graves.
Canada is on a path to Truth and Reconciliation - but more action is required from both government and citizens to move the process along. My hope is that Canadians will not celebrate with fireworks today, but rather take some time to learn about our past and commit to taking action toward learning the Truth of what was perpetrated against our Indigenous peoples and advocating for Reconciliation.
This year many Canadians and Canadian municipalities will forego Canada Day celebrations to instead reflect on the tragedy of the discovery of more than 1, unmarked graves, most of which are believed to belong to Indigenous children. Many more are feared to be yet discovered. It was part of a wider colonial project that aimed to take over Indigenous lands and forcibly assimilate First Nation, Metis and Inuit children.
Various churches, including most notably the Roman Catholic Church, ran at least residential schools across Canada, and thousands of Indigenous children are believed to have died while attending the institutions.
My 2 boys and I will be kayaking down the Chestatee River this afternoon then having a cook out on the bbq.
Hot dogs and burgers. Happy Canada Day to everyone. Northern Voice is an A Cappella chorus that sings uniquely Canadian songs. Happy Canada Day everyone! This year I will be in hospital with two broken ankles celebrating Canada Day.
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