Happy Canada Day.

[Ken from ontario]

To all Canadians here and at home:

 

[benmychree]

Pardon this Yankee, but what is the significance of the date?

 

[savarin]

Canada Day, observed on July 1st, is a national holiday marking the anniversary of Confederation in 1867, when the British North America Act came into effect. ... This act united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.
Ahh, I remember when a map of the world was mostly pink.

 

[Ken from ontario]

This is the best explanation of the North American Act,1857:
British North America Act, 1867

This legislation, passed by the British Parliament, created Canada as a new, domestically self-governing federation, consisting of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec, on July 1, 1867. The British North America Act (now the Constitution Act) established the new federation’s distribution of responsibilities and powers for each level of government and the rights of its inhabitants.

 

[Ken from ontario]

Although the union of the provinces was ultimately to promote the interests of the British monarchy.

 

[Nutfarmer]

We learn something new everyday . Thanks to our friends to the north.

 

[mmcmdl]

I have a Canadian in the house as we speak and I wished her ( son's girlfriend ) a happy day ! She lives in Toronto .