the dominion of canada became canada on july 1, 1867.
the dominion of canada became canada on july 1, 1867.
when did the dominion of canada become canada?
july 1, 1867
from the 16th to the early 18th century "canada" referred to the part of new france that lay along the saint lawrence river. in 1791, the area became two british colonies called upper canada and lower canada collectively named the canadas; until their union as the british province of canada in 1841. upon confederation in 1867, "canada" was adopted as the legal name for the new country at the london conference, and the word "dominion" was conferred as the country's title. by the 1950s, the term dominion of canada was no longer used by the united kingdom, which considered canada a "realm of the commonwealth". the government of louis st. laurent ended the practice of using 'dominion' in the statutes of canada in 1951. in 1982, the passage of the canada act, bringing the constitution of canada fully under canadian control, referred only to "canada", and later that year the name of the national holiday was changed from dominion day to canada day. the term "dominion" was used to distinguish the federal government from the provinces, though after the second world war the term "federal" had replaced "dominion".
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following a wheat midge outbreak in canada in the mid-nineteenth, farmers in the province of ontario began to convert to dairy farming in large numbers, and cheddar cheese was their main exportable product (before electric refrigeration was invented), even being exported back the cheese's country of origin, england. in one year, 1867 the year of canadian confederation 200 cheese factories were established in ontario alone. in 1881, édouard-andré barnard created north america's first cheese-making school in saint-denis-de-kamouraska, québec. a dairy school (canada's first) opened in 1892 in saint-hyacinthe, québec, and in 1901 produced experimental canadian versions of camembert and feta. by the turn of the twentieth century there were 1,242 cheddar factories in ontario, and cheddar had become canada's second largest export behind timber. cheddar exports totalled in 1904, but by 2012, canada was a net importer of cheese, and a manufactured cheese product "kraft dinner" macaroni and cheese had become canada's most popular grocery product and "de facto" national dish. james lewis kraft grew up on a dairy farm in ontario, before moving to chicago. as writer sarah champman writes, "although we cannot wholly lay the decline of cheese craft in canada at the feet of james lewis kraft, it did correspond with the rise of kraft's processed cheese empire."
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