Canada Day

noun

: July 1 observed as a legal holiday in commemoration of the proclamation of dominion status in 1867

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The Monday after their father, Alain, died in a swimming pool accident at a backyard barbecue over the Canada Day long weekend, Michael and Alexander Hage showed up to the gym to work out. —

Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 4 Apr. 2024 Drake took to Instagram on Monday (July 1) to celebrate Canada Day with a carousel of pictures. —

Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 2 July 2024 Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has reached a deal with its mechanics to end a strike that had disrupted the travel plans of tens of thousands of passengers over the Canada Day long weekend. —

Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024 Thousands of Canadians expecting to celebrate Canada Day by traveling over the three-day weekend had their plans upended. —

Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for Canada Day