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Usage of the phrase Dominion of Canada was employed as the country's name after 1867, predating the general use of the term dominion as applied to the other autonomous regions of the British Empire after 1907.
A. Dominion Day (July 1) was a federal holiday, created in 1879 to celebrate yearly anniversary of ratification of the British North America Act, Canada's constitution, on July 1, 1867. The holiday was fairly low-key for much of early Canadian history. Only in the latter half of the 20th Century did it begin to become a fairly mainstream observance. The lavish celebrations of Canada's centennial on July 1, 1967 were a major turning-point in this regard.