Canada Day

This year, Canada is 140 years old!!!!!

As international student, we study and live in Canada, at the same time, we should also know it well and deeply. Anybody knows what Canada Day is?

Canada Day is Canada's national holidays, marking the establishment of Canada as a self-governing country on July 1, 1867. It is a federal holiday generally celebrated on July 1, annually by all provincial governments and most businesses across the country. July 1, a day off from work and study for most citizens and residents. Canada Day is Canada's main patriotic holiday, often a time for outdoor activities in the early Canadian summer. So most cities have organized celebrations, such as parades, carnivals, festivals, barbecues and free musical concerts. The celebrations in Ottawa are particularly large and lavish. Every Canada Day, hundreds of thousands gather on Parliament Hill to celebrate Canada' s birth. Pay more attention, however, in 2007, the new official site for Canada Day celebration was at Rideau Hall.

In Calgary, the festivities include daytime family fun entertainment on three stages at Prince's Island, and main-stage musical performaces at Olympic Plaza throughout the evening. Around 10 o'clock, all kinds of beautiful fireworks are let off. A number of people stand there for watching it until 2 o'clock! How happy~~~~~