01 Jul 13, 10:46PM
"Canada Day (French: FĂȘte du Canada) is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 (today called the Constitution Act, 1867), which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Day