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Dominion Day   /dəmˈɪnjən deɪ/   Listen
Dominion Day

noun
1.
A legal holiday in Canada commemorating receiving Dominion status in 1867.  Synonym: July 1.






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"Dominion day" Quotes from Famous Books



... etc., when such admission should be deemed advisable. The Act went into force on July 1st, 1867, and as a mark of the importance of this event the first day of July is now a national holiday known as "Dominion Day". ...
— The Stamps of Canada • Bertram Poole

... warmly received and passed without alteration of any description within a few days. The royal assent was given on March 29, and the act constituting the new Canada went into effect on July 1, which day has since become known as Dominion Day, and is the ...
— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller



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