Dominion Day
Dominion Day is a commemoration day of the granting of national status in New Zealand, and was the same in Newfoundland until 1949 and Canada until 1982.
Canada[edit]
Dominion Day was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of Canada as a Dominion on 1 July 1867. The holiday was renamed to Canada Day by Act of Parliament on 27 October 1982.
Newfoundland[edit]
Dominion Day was the name of the holiday commemorating the formation of Newfoundland as a Dominion on 26 September 1907 (same day as New Zealand) and was celebrated until it entered into confederation with Canada in 1949.
New Zealand[edit]
Dominion Day is the name given to 26 September, the anniversary of the day in 1907 when New Zealand was granted Dominion status within the British Empire.[1] No longer a statutory (bank) holiday, the only current official observance of the day is as a Provincial Anniversary Day in South Canterbury and is celebrated on the fourth Monday of September.[2] There is support in some quarters[citation needed] for the day to be revived as an alternative New Zealand Day, instead of renaming Waitangi Day, New Zealand's current national day.
References[edit]
- ^ Dominion status | NZHistory.net.nz, New Zealand history online. NZHistory.net.nz.
- ^ NZ Public Holiday Dates 2006-2009 : Employment Relations Service.
