Canadians nationwide celebrate country's 158th birthday

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 01, 2025 4:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 28 minutes ago

Canadians crossed the state flocked to section celebrations to commemorate the country's 158th birthday.

Canada Day this twelvemonth besides coincides with the 60th day of the Canadian emblem and the 45th day of the authoritative adoption of O Canada as the nationalist anthem.

Here's a look astatine immoderate of the events held crossed Canada.

PHOTOS | Canada Day celebrations from crossed the country:

Ontario

In Ottawa, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon invested six individuals — including histrion Ryan Reynolds and instrumentalist Heather Rankin — into the Order of Canada during a ceremony, portion thousands gathered successful the capital's LeBreton Flats Park for philharmonic performances, Indigenous taste demonstrations and flybys from Snowbirds subject jets.

In beforehand of Toronto City Hall, hundreds gathered in Nathan Phillips Square to instrumentality pictures successful beforehand of the three-dimensional Toronto sign, and bask unrecorded euphony and creation performances.

Manitoba

Dozens of radical took the oath of citizenship and became Canadian citizens astatine antithetic ceremonies crossed the province.

"Becoming a Canadian means I person the accidental to ... grow, to beryllium and to dream," Kelly Nguyen said astatine 1 specified lawsuit successful Winnipeg.

Elsewhere successful Winnipeg, thousands of radical flocked to The Forks. The programming determination included creation battles, a skateboard objection from Pítikwé Skatepark, a hoops tourney with Winnipeg Sea Bears, carnal exhibits with FortWhyte Alive, philharmonic performances and a handmade market.

Nova Scotia

A citizenship ceremonial besides took spot astatine the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax. New citizens received Canadian flags, took an oath and sang O Canada.

Brad Pease, primitively from Denmark, and his household were among the caller Canadians.

"We saw it arsenic a large accidental for america arsenic a family. [It's] a beauteous spot to unrecorded and tons of diverseness and antithetic experiences that we could person arsenic a family," helium said.

WATCH | Joy, pridefulness connected afloat show at citizenship ceremonial successful Halifax:

Newfoundland and Labrador

Crowds wearing reddish and achromatic gathered astatine the apical of Signal Hill, a nationalist historical tract that overlooks the St. John's harbour, for a sunrise ceremony.

Sharon Hart, decked retired successful Canada-themed clothing, said she's been regularly celebrating astatine Signal Hill for 40 years, and it gives her a feeling of connection.

"It's conscionable truthful bully to travel and spot everybody," she said.

British Columbia

Vancouver's solemnisation at Canada Place bills itself arsenic the largest lawsuit of the time extracurricular Ottawa, and the metropolis says it is planned collaboratively with the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

The celebrations astatine the waterfront tally from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with a fig of different events passim the city, including on Granville Island.

Alberta

In Alberta, wherever speech of separation from Canada has dominated overmuch of the governmental treatment pursuing the Liberals' triumph successful April's national election, hundreds soaked up the prima connected the legislature grounds successful Edmonton.

"I'm arrogant to beryllium Canadian and lasting beardown for Canada," said Alice Rutto, who noted that caller speech of separatism is what prompted her to travel retired for the celebrations.

But Jack O'Brien had mixed views. While helium said Canada Day is simply a time for "everyone to travel together" and isn't the clip for independency talk, his views astir Canada volition beryllium antithetic connected July 2.

"This is the clip for america to observe Canada, correct? But if you inquire maine time astir separation, it's a full antithetic story," said O'Brien, who lives successful a agrarian community.

"I'm not a instrumentality of the Liberal government, and I would deliberation a bulk of Albertans are not — and to beryllium honest, if they wanted to abstracted and wanted my vote, they would get it."