In
Canada, national celebrations are held on
July 1. The day is currently called
Canada Day, but it wasn't always called that.
The old name was Dominion Day, and was established by the
British North America act. Canada, after all, isn't a
Republic or a
Kingdom -- it's a
Dominion. On
October 27, 1982, an act of
Pierre Elliott Trudeau's
Parliament changed the name to
Canada Day. This seemingly innocuous change angered many staunch
monarchists,
Tories, and the like, who already perceived that
Prime Minister as anti-monarchist.
Some older Canadians still refuse to call July 1
Canada Day, instead preferring "Dominion Day". (Similarly, there were people who disavowed the new
Canadian Flag in 1965.)