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Canada Day

July 1 is Canada Day celebrating the union of four

British colonies on July 1, 1867. On that day the

British North America (BNA) Act, joined the

provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and

Nova Scotia together as one nation. The Act

proclaimed

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one Dominion under the name of

Canada

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and the day was called

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Dominion Day.

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Six more provinces and three territories were joined

under the Act in years that followed. In 1982, the Act

was then renamed the Constitution Act, and

Dominion Day was renamed Canada Day.

Here are a few souvenir corkscrews from Canada: