Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day!

140 years ago, on July 1st, Canada became a country! Today, Canadians across the country and all around the world celebrate Canada's National Holiday.

As Wikipedia says:

Canada Day (French: Fête du Canada) is Canada's national holiday, marking the establishment of Canada as a Dominion on July 1, 1867. It is a federal holiday celebrated on July 1, annually, by all provincial governments and most businesses across the country.

A day off from work, Canada Day is often a time for outdoor activities in the early Canadian summer. It is also Canada's main patriotic holiday and often referred to as "Canada's birthday", particularly in the popular press.

While it is the date upon which the present Canadian Constitution first came into effect, the first day of July does not commemorate a clear-cut date of "independence" or "founding". Instead, it commemorates the beginning of the establishment of the Canadian confederation through the 1867 British North America Act. The British Parliament still retained several political controls over Canada after 1867, and the country still lacked many of its modern provinces. The date represents the biggest step in the establishment of Canada as a self-governing country, and the beginning of a gradual march towards full independence from Britain, attained with the proclamation of the Constitution Act by Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, in 1982.

If you can't be in Ottawa for the huge Canada Day celebrations throughout the capital city and on Parliament Hill, you can check out the webcast, broadcast by CBC. The show begins at noon (EDT). The Canada Day evening show on Parliament Hill will also be broadcast, on Rogers TV.

If you are in Ottawa, check out all the activities going on in the National Capital Region. For the past three years, while living in Ottawa, my humans participated in the HBC Run For Canada, a 10K race.

I invite all of my friends to join me in celebrating Canada Day with these traditional Canadian foods:

Nanaimo Bars (only for the humans, as these contain chocolate)

Beaver Tails (fried pastry)

Poutine (french fries with gravy and cheese curds)

Tourtière (French Canadian Meat Pie)

Also on hand is some fresh BC Salmon and some northern Arctic Char.

I want to wish all of my fellow Canadians a very happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day!

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