In Canada, July 1st is known as Canada Day in remembrance of July 1, 1867, when the British North America Act created a free Canada. The BNA Act established the Canadian federal government, a new country free from Great Britain. Prior to 1982 Canada Day was know as Dominion Day, First of July, Confederation Day, and July the First. Canada Day is celebrated with community parades, family picnics, patriotic concerts and fireworks.