Happy Canada Day to all the Canadian Dopers!
Grabs a beer, waves the red-and-white flag, and begins to sing…
“O, Canada!
Our home and native land…”
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux
You forgot to mention that it is also Moving Day 
O Canada
Your poutine tastes so good
I want some more
I’ll eat it all day long
Happy Canada Day!
Moving day it is! Someone was moving into the apartment across from us at 7am this morning. Banged into our door countless times.
But, that’s ok, 'cause I have a cake with white icing and red sugar on it to look like the fwag! It’s soooo cute!
Bonne fête!
I must apologise for my ignorance here, but why 1st July? Is this the day when the various colonies/provinces federated?
Yep. July 1, 1867 the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia became the Dominion of Canada. The rest of the provinces joined later, but I’m too lazy to look up precisely when just now.
And tomorrow’s Moving Day for me. I’m just taking a break from packing.
Happy Canada Day all, and I can’t wait for the fireworks tonight!
Thanks Ms Macphisto. The old British colonies seemed to like nice, tidy dates for the creation of their new countries. The Australian colonies went for 1 January 1901.
Manitoba: 1870
British Columbia: 1871
Prince Edward Island: 1873
Alberta: 1905
Saskatchewan: 1905
Newfoundland: 1949
Huh. I didn’t realize that Newfoundland was so, uh, new to the Dominion. ducks . But what about Nunavut, or is it considered a territory and not a province? I really wish they’d teach us some Canadian history down here.
Vlad/Igor
Happy Canada Day! Frankly, I don’t think enough of us Yanks realize how lucky we are to have you as neighbors. We kid because we love.
Mehitabel (Carolyn, 1/4 Cape Bretonite)
Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon Territory are all considered territories. Nunavut was created from a portion of the NWT April 1, 2000. It means (IIRC) ‘our land’ in Inuqtitut, the native language of the Inuit (Eskimo to many) people in the eastern Arctic and Nunavik (not a province, but the northern region of Quebec).
My son learns nothing about Canada in school here. Not a thing.
We (minus Dave, who works when his clients need him) spent the afternoon at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC - surrounded by other poutine-and-clamato-lovin’ Canadians who are away from home. I cried when the national anthem was sung, in English and French combined.
CLAMATO?! :eek:
I take back all my good wishes! :mad:
Have you ever had a caesar, or a beer and clamato? If not, hush. They’re lovely.
What is the realistic difference between a province and a territory? Query along the lines of citizenship, voting, taxes, access to government, etc.
Clamato & vodka beats a bloody mary any time. YUM!
Mehitabels post made me realize I’m 1/4 Nova Scotian. Yay!
In the territories, citizens have all of the same rights as other Canadians. I believe the difference lays (lies?) in the way the government handles benefits and transfer payments to the territories.
That’s almost a caesar. Next time you’re here, I’ll make you a proper one.
I knew I liked you for a reason.