05 Feb Celebrate Canada’s 150th Year of Confederation

Did you know that four out of five of us live within 30 minutes of the 16,800 km Trans Canada Trail, the longest recreational trail in the world? 

Canada is one of the best places to live on the planet. Where else can you paddle past icebergs in Newfoundland, watch gray whales migrate in Vancouver, sleep in an ice hotel in Quebec or swim with a polar bear in Ontario?

This year we celebrate Canada’s 150th year of confederation. Canada became a nation, the Dominion of Canada, in 1867.  Before that, British North America was made up of a few provinces, the vast area of Rupert’s Land (privately owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company), and the North-Western Territory.  Leaders at the time felt it would be beneficial to join as one country. Known as the Fathers of Confederation, these leaders met and wrote a constitution for the new country, which had to be passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

There are celebrations taking place across the country all year long.  I encourage you to participate in the fun as well as rejoice in our history.  We should all take the time to remember how fortunate we are to live in peace and harmony in our home and native land. 

Please visit www.Canada.ca/OnThisDay.com where Library and Archives Canada (LAC), in collaboration with the Canada 150 federal secretariat tell us what events transpired in history every day for 365 days. Throughout 2017, #OnThisDay will spark conversations among Canadians everywhere. Canadians are asked to share, on social media, their versions of the day’s story as well as notable events from their lives.

Send in your Canada 150 celebration pictures to massadrhonda@gmail.com and share the greatness of this spectacular place we call home.