July begins each year with our friends to the north celebrating the beginning of Canada. It was on July 1, 1867 that the British North America Act (known today as the Constitution Act, 1867) created Canada. It was originally Dominion Day, but on October 27, 1982, July 1, "Dominion Day" officially became Canada Day.
Canada has ten provinces and three territories extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second-largest country by total area,
On July fourth we celebrate American Independence Day but today let us pause for a moment and celebrate with our Canadian friends. They are not a part of the United States and never have been. The have a wonderful rich history of their own.