Instrument meteorological conditions. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) is an aviation flight category that describes weather conditions that require pilots to fly primarily by reference to instruments, and therefore under instrument flight rules (IFR), rather than by outside visual references under visual flight rules (VFR).
2. âO Canadaâ only became the official Canadian national anthem in 1980. The official anthem before that was âGod Save the Queenâ, since they were a British colony. (National Anthems) 3. Sally Field played Tom Hanksâ mother in âForrest Gumpâ just six years after she played his love interest in âPunchlineâ.
Canada Becomes Official In 1791, the Constitutional Act, also called the Canada Act, divided the Province of Quebec into the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. This marked the first official use of the name Canada. In 1841, the two Quebecs were united again, this time as the Province of Canada. On July 1, 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country of Canada upon its confederation.