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Dominion Day

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Dominion Day: see Canada Day Canada Day, formerly Dominion Day, Canadian national holiday, celebrated July 1. It is the anniversary of the uniting in 1867 of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia as the dominion of Canada.
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Canada Day

 formerly Dominion Day

Annual Canadian holiday. Observed on July 1, it commemorates the formation of the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867. With the 1982 passage of the Canada Act, its name was officially changed to Canada Day. It is celebrated with parades, fireworks, flag display, and the singing of the national anthem, “O Canada.”



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Hawley rode his final race on Wednesday - the 31,455th of his career - in the $138,375 Dominion Day Stakes at Woodbine (Toronto) and placed third aboard Terremoto in the field of nine.
 
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