Claims that dismantling public statues and renaming roads and schools somehow erases Canadian history profoundly ...

Fireworks, flags and fighter jets are all part of the Canada Day experience. But how did this annual July 1 holiday come about? Two top historians weigh in.

The fraught history of Canada Day, a holiday that marks the nation’s birth. On July 1, 1867, three British colonies merged to form Canada. But independence would prove elusive for decades to come.