dominion day changed to canada day on 27 october 1982.
dominion day changed to canada day on 27 october 1982.
when did dominion day changed to canada day?
27 october 1982
dominion day () was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of canada as a dominion on 1 july 1867. it became an official public holiday in 1879. the holiday was renamed to "canada day" by act of parliament on 27 october 1982.









































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"dominion day" was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of newfoundland as a dominion on 26 september 1907 (same day as new zealand) and was celebrated until it entered into confederation with canada in 1949.









































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dominion day
as the anniversary of confederation, dominion day, and later canada day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the canadian national railway (1927); the inauguration of the canadian broadcasting corporation's cross-country television broadcast, with governor general vincent massey's dominion day speech from parliament hill (1958); the flooding of the saint lawrence seaway (1958); the first colour television transmission in canada (1966); the inauguration of the order of canada (1967); and the establishment of "o canada" as the country's national anthem (1980). during the 150th anniversary of canada in 2017, the bank of canada released a commemorative $10 banknote for canada's sesquicentennial, which was expected to be broadly available by canada day. other events fell on the same day coincidentally, such as the first day of the battle of the somme in 1916—shortly after which newfoundland recognized july 1 as memorial day to commemorate the newfoundland regiment's heavy losses during the battle—and the enactment of the "chinese immigration act" in 1923—leading chinese-canadians to refer to july 1 as "humiliation day" and boycott dominion day celebrations until the act was repealed in 1947.
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