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       A Question for Canadians
       By: Lilipons Date: April 18, 2023, 10:50 am
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       I have a ‘this day in history’ daily calendar.  April  17 was
       said to be the day on which Canada became fully independent.
       If that’s true why is Canada Day celebrated on July 1?
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       Re: A Question for Canadians
       By: TootsNYC Date: April 18, 2023, 2:55 pm
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       Not a Canadian, but I got too curious to wait for an answer.
       I wondered if it was something like, we celebrate Independence
       Day, but they celebrate the Signing of the Constitution Day.
       Because it's one thing to become independent, and another to
       form a new government.
       And Wikipedia tells me:
       [quote]it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation
       which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British
       North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the
       United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into
       a single dominion within the British Empire called
       Canada.[/quote]
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