Canada Dayn.
/ˈkanədə ˌdeɪ/, U.S. /ˈkænədə ˌdeɪ/ A day celebrating or devoted to Canada and Canadians; now spec. a national holiday observed in Canada on 1 July, originally commemorating the creation of the Dominion of Canada on 1 July 1867 (formerly known as Dominion Day).Dominion Day was officially renamed Canada Day in 1982, although the holiday had been informally known by this name for many years. Cf. Dominion day at dominion n. Compounds.
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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc.
day of truce1486
Evil May Dayc1590
Bonfire Night1661
Pope Day1769
Pope Night1773
the Fourth (of July)1779
Town Taking Day1788
Independence Day1791
Independent Day1803
Guy Fawkes day1825
Bastille Day1837
Trafalgar Day1837
Turkey Day1870
Canada Day1882
Juneteenth1890
flag-day1894
Patriots' Day1894
Remembrance Day1895
twelfth1896
Quatorze Juillet1899
quatorze1915
Armistice Day1918
Poppy Day1921
Remembrance Sunday1925
VJ-day1944
Commonwealth Day1958
1882 Los Angeles Daily Times 19 Sept. He favors a Canada day for next year.
1918 Vie Canadienne 1 No. 13. 24 'Canada Day' Sports. We celebrated Dominion Day, the 51st. anniversary of Canadian Confederation, by holding our Annual Sports Meeting.
1927 Times 1 July 10/1 At noon to-day there will be broadcast from London..the Canada Day service from Westminster Abbey.
1942 N.Y. Times 10 Apr. 22/4 Tomorrow has been designated ‘Canada Day’ at the exhibition.
1971 Toronto Daily Star 2 July 4/1 Manitobans took to the beaches for the holiday, generally called Canada Day here.
1992 Canad. Living Dec. 136 He..has been exhorting his fellow Montrealers to join him in a Canada Day parade.
2015 D. Furlong Saltwater Cowboys xv. 249 There would be a barbecue, games, and fireworks at dusk for Canada Day.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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