How to Use Canada Day in a Sentence

Canada Day

noun
  • Danielle Dawn Cote, 27, was walking with an 18-year-old man in the early hours of Canada Day when they were shot.
    — Fox News, 5 July 2020
  • So have a safe and happy Independence Day, and to those of you north of the border, happy Canada Day.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 30 June 2023
  • The two were seen together publicly at Canada Day events in Ottawa last month.
    — Rob Gillies, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The news set off a firestorm of protests across Canada, including nationwide marches on Canada Day on July 1.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2021
  • July 1 is Canada Day, and Drake is celebrating his home country with a social media message to fans.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • For example, activities and programs such as Dancing on the Pier and Canada Day are very popular.
    — Kimberly Lyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2021
  • In Montreal, a fireworks show for Canada Day was cancelled Thursday amid poor air quality from wildfires.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • 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
  • So in honor of Friday’s national holiday, Canada Day, here are some of the artists, both famous and not so much, who over the years have made the most indelible impression on this fellow Canadian.
    — Stuart Munro, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2022
  • 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
  • Last year, the discoveries of hundreds of unmarked graves at the sites of two of those former schools added emotional urgency to the reckoning, including calls to abandon Canada Day celebrations.
    — New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Some communities have canceled Canada Day celebrations, citing the discovery of the graves.
    — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 30 June 2021

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