July 1, 2015 July 1, 1867: Canada Is Created “The dominion of Canada is formally in existence, to the great satisfaction of the politicians who infest the provinces, if of nobody else.” ...

A copy of The Globe, dated Monday, July 1, 1867, gives statistics on that day when, "with the first dawn of this gladsome midsummer morn, we hail the birthday of Globe article details Canada on ...

The bell at Christ Church Cathedral at the west end of Sparks Street rang out on the first ever Dominion Day, on July 1, 1867. Credit: Randy Boswell. Article content ...

Edward Hartley Dewart's Canada – A Confederation Ode from your July 1, 1867, edition, reads: Few proud historic names have we, Whose memory thrills the heart – ...

It was the first Dominion Day — July 1, 1867 — and Townsend was taking part in a pair of theatrical performances at Her Majesty’s Theatre, a stone’s throw across Wellington Street from ...

Oh Canada, you've come a long way — and my, how you've grown. As the bells rang out at noon on July 1, 1867, you were introduced for the first time as a fresh-faced nation of four provinces and ...

The Dominion of Canada was formed by the British Parliament on July 1, 1867 via the British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act). The Act merged New Brunswick, Nova Scotia ...

T his year’s Canada Day celebrations on Saturday will be particularly special, as Canada celebrates its 150th birthday: It was July 1, 1867, that the British North America Act united the British ...

The Formation Of Canada. On July 1, 1867, the British North America Act created the Dominion of Canada, uniting Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into one country.

The fraught history of Canada Day, a holiday that marks the nation’s birth. On July 1, 1867, three British colonies merged to form Canada. But independence would prove elusive for decades to come.