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Dominion Day

British  

noun

  1. the former name for Canada Day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

With such equipment small wonder that he was in demand for just such occasions as a Dominion Day celebration and in just such a community as Wolf Willow.

From The Major by Connor, Ralph

It was the last Dominion Day we were to spend in France.

From The Great War As I Saw It by Scott, Frederick George

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