EIGHTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY.—Tomorrow will be Canada’s eighty-nine birthday. Canada celebrates the founding of the Canadian nation on July 1 of each year, a date fixed by Royal proclamation in 1867, after the passing of the British North America Act by the British Parliament. The Canadian nation was not born of revolution. It evolved through a series of constitutional processes culminating in confederation in 1867. The colonies which joined originally in the federation were Upper Canada (Ontario). Lower Canada (Quebec), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Swiftly the Dominion extended itself from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Shown in the picture above are the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa.
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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 28008, 30 June 1956, Page 11
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105EIGHTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY.—Tomorrow will be Canada’s eighty-nine birthday. Canada celebrates the founding of the Canadian nation on July 1 of each year, a date fixed by Royal proclamation in 1867, after the passing of the British North America Act by the British Parliament. The Canadian nation was not born of revolution. It evolved through a series of constitutional processes culminating in confederation in 1867. The colonies which joined originally in the federation were Upper Canada (Ontario). Lower Canada (Quebec), New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Swiftly the Dominion extended itself from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Shown in the picture above are the Parliament Buildings at Ottawa. Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 28008, 30 June 1956, Page 11
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