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1、CanadaDayChildrenwatchtheCanadaDayparadeinMontrealAlsocalledFêteduCanada;previouslynamedDominionDayObservedbyCanadians(Canada)TypeHistorical,cultural,nationalistDateJuly1CelebrationsFireworks,paradesCanadaDay(French:FêteduCanada),formerlyDominionDay,isCanada'snationa
2、lday,afederalstatutoryholiday,celebratingtheanniversaryoftheJuly1,1867enactmentoftheBritishNorthAmericaActof1867,whichunitedCanadaasasinglecountryoffourprovinces.CanadaDayobservancestakeplacethroughoutCanadaaswellasinternationally.CommemorationFrequentlyreferredtoas"
3、Canada'sbirthday,"particularlyinthepopularpress,[1][2][3]theoccasionmarksthejoiningoftheBritishcoloniesofNovaScotia,NewBrunswick,andtheProvinceofCanadaintoafederationoffourprovinces(theProvinceofCanadabeingdivided,intheprocess,intoOntarioandQuebec)onJuly1,1867.Howeve
4、r,thoughCanadaisregardedashavingbecomeakingdominitsownrightonthatdate,[4]theBritishParliamentatfirstkeptlimitedrightsofpoliticalcontroloverthenewcountry,whichwereshedbystagesovertheyearsuntilthelastvestigeswereendedin1982,whentheConstitutionActpatriatedtheCanadiancon
5、stitution.CanadaDaythusdiffersfromIndependenceDaycelebrationsinothercountriesinthatitdoesnotcommemorateaclear-cutdateofcompleteindependence.HistoryCanadaDaycelebrationsonWellingtonStreet,infrontoftheChâteauLaurier,inOttawa.OnJune20,1868,thenGovernorGeneralLordMonckis
6、suedaroyalproclamationaskingforCanadiansto"celebratetheanniversaryoftheconfederation."[5]However,theholidaywasnotestablishedstatutorilyuntil1879,whenitwasdesignatedasDominionDay,inreferencetothedesignationofthecountryasaDominionintheBritishNorthAmericaAct,1867.Thehol
7、idaywasinitiallynotdominantinthenationalcalendar;uptotheearly20thcentury,CanadiansthoughtthemselvestobeprimarilyBritish,beingthuslessinterestedincelebratingdistinctlyCanadianformsofpatriotism.Noofficialcelebrationswerethereforehelduntil1917 –thegoldenanniversaryofCon
8、federation –andthennoneagainforafurtherdecade.[6]Thistrenddeclinedinthepost-WorldWarIIera;beginningin1958,theCanadiangovernmentbega
