Canada Day

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federal holiday national holiday public holiday public holiday in Canada

Canada Day is the annual national celebration on July 1 marking the anniversary of the confederation that created the country of Canada.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Fête du Canada 2
Canada Day celebrations 1
Canadian Centennial 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf federal holiday ⓘ
national holiday ⓘ
public holiday ⓘ
public holiday in Canada ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dominion Day ⓘ
Canada Day ⓘ
surface form: Fête du Canada
commemorates Dominion of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Confederation of Canada

coming into force of the Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dateObserved July 1 ⓘ
dateRenamed October 27, 1982 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasPublicEventsIn Ottawa ⓘ
Parliament Hill ⓘ
major Canadian cities ⓘ
ifOnSundayObservedOn July 2 ⓘ
isStatutoryHolidayIn all Canadian provinces ⓘ
all Canadian territories ⓘ
legalBasis Canada Day Act ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
observedBy Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces

Canadian citizens ⓘ
Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Canadian government

permanent residents of Canada ⓘ
officialLanguageName Canada Day self-link ⓘ
Canada Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Fête du Canada
originalName Dominion Day ⓘ
originalNameInFrench Le Jour de la Confédération ⓘ
originalNameLanguage English ⓘ
French ⓘ
relatedTo Independence Day ⓘ
surface form: Independence Day (United States)

Labor Day weekend ⓘ
surface form: Labour Day in Canada

Victoria Day ⓘ
renamedTo Canada Day self-link ⓘ
season summer ⓘ
significance anniversary of Canadian Confederation ⓘ
national day of Canada ⓘ
symbol Canadian flag ⓘ
Maple Leaf ⓘ
typeOfCelebration patriotic celebration ⓘ
typicalActivities barbecues ⓘ
citizenship ceremonies ⓘ
concerts ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
fireworks ⓘ
flag waving ⓘ
parades ⓘ
public speeches ⓘ
yearFirstCelebrated 1867 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canada Day → alsoKnownAs → Canada Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fête du Canada
Expo 67 → commemorates → Canada Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Centennial of Canadian Confederation
Expo 67 → eventIn → Canada Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canadian Centennial
Canada → nationalHoliday → Canada Day ⓘ
Parliament Hill → notableEvent → Canada Day ⓘ
this entity surface form: Canada Day celebrations
Canada Day → officialLanguageName → Canada Day self-link ⓘ
Canada Day → officialLanguageName → Canada Day self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fête du Canada
Canada Day → renamedTo → Canada Day self-link ⓘ