Dominion Day
Britishnoun
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So that's why Canada Day was originally known as "Dominion Day" when the July 1 national holiday was established in 1879.
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The Act took effect on the 1st July, 1867, which day is annually observed as "Dominion Day."
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But it is not with the celebration of Dominion Day that you and I are concerned, much as we should enjoy an afternoon with the husky young athletes of the prairie.
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This birthday of the Dominion has been fixed by statute as a public holiday, and is annually observed under the name of “Dominion Day.”
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Capitalize the names of holidays and days observed as holidays by churches, as Fourth of July, Dominion Day, Good Friday, Yom Kippur, Columbus Day, Washington's Birthday.
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