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Dominion Day

British  

noun

  1. the former name for Canada Day

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A few months after the 1982 law was passed, a bill changed the name of Dominion Day to Canada Day.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

So that's why Canada Day was originally known as "Dominion Day" when the July 1 national holiday was established in 1879.

From Time • Jun. 30, 2017

It mattered not that H. R. H. was in fact too hoarse with a cold to speak or even attend the Dominion Day dinner.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Act took effect on the 1st July, 1867, which day is annually observed as "Dominion Day."

From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong

So also went on the Syllabus which for Dominion Day showed, Company Drill, Instruction Classes, Lectures, Physical for the forenoon, Bayonet fighting and Route marching for the afternoon.

From Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy by Militia of Mercy (U.S.). Gift Book Committee