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Our Canada Day page for 2026 is officially live and ready for you to explore.
This special section explains why Canada Day is celebrated on July 1st, sharing the history of how our country came together. You’ll also find the SelfAdvocateNet Canada Day Message 2026, created especially for our community. To help you celebrate, we’ve added fun activities — online songs, cooking ideas, and creative ways to enjoy Canada’s birthday from home or with friends.
Join us as we celebrate Canada’s story, our communities, and the voices of self advocates across the country.
This will be were you be able watch Canada Day 2026
Special here
July 1st, CPAC will livestream the Canada Day 2026 National Noon Ceremony at LeBreton Flats starting at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
Selfadvocatenet.com Canada Day Message 2026 here
Canada Day Events 2026
Canadian National Anthem O Canada
Transcript of Oh Canada
Premier’s statement on Canada Day
Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada Day
That conviction was declared at our Confederation in 1867 – a founding bet that together we could build something greater than the sum of our parts. It was laid down in steel in 1885, when a national railway linked east to west. And it crossed a continent again in 1962, when the Trans-Canada Highway opened, connecting communities from St. John’s to Victoria.
Canadians have never just imagined a stronger, more united country. We’ve picked up our tools and built one.
At this decisive moment, we are choosing to build big once again – with Canadian workers, Canadian materials, and Canadian values. Choosing Canadian produce. Rediscovering our own country, from the Cabot Trail to the Columbia Icefield, from the Bay of Fundy to the northern lights. Small acts of solidarity, repeated millions of times, proving that together we can give ourselves far more than anyone could ever take away.
There will always be forces that want to divide us. They forget this country’s founding insight: that unity is not uniformity, that our differences are strengths to nurture rather than risks to manage, and that our values serve as an unshakeable foundation.
When we show kindness, kindness grows. When we seek unity, unity grows. When we are Canadian, Canada grows. Happy Canada Day.”
This is on Prime Minister website go to the link here
101 Facts of Canada
Discover Canada – Canada’s History
100+ Canada Trivia Questions and Answers
Canada Coloring Pages
July 1 is a national holiday! Canada’s Capital Region comes alive with national celebrations. Across the country, Canada Day is celebrated by participating in activities organized in the communities.
Take advantage of July 1 to create memorable moments with the people around you.
Canada Day Recipes
Canada Day Cake
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 4 tsp. baking powder
- 4 large egg whites
- 2 tbsp. light flavored oil
- 1 ½ cups unsweetened apple sauce
- ⅔ cup honey
- 1 tbsp. pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp. pure orange extract
- 1 medium orange, zested
Instructions
- Pan used: 9 x 13
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Line your cake pan with parchment. It should be fully lined so that the cake batter does not touch the actual pan. Just the parchment. This will make it very easy to lift out of the pan.
- Whisk together the flour and baking powder.
- Whisk in the rest of the ingredients, blending well.
- Pour into lined cake pan and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
- Bake for 30 minutes on the middle rack.
- Allow to cool completely and spread on the whipped cream, topping with the strawberries.
Notes
Nutrition
Panzanella
Ingredients
- ½ pound ciabatta or sourdough bread, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1½ pounds tomatoes, sliced into wedges or halved
- ½ English cucumber, sliced into half moons
- 6 ounces fresh mozzarella, torn (optional)
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves, torn, plus more for garnish
- Sea salt
For the dressing
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 3 garlic cloves, grated
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- Heaping ½ teaspoon sea salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the bread on the baking sheet, drizzle with the olive oil, and sprinkle with salt. Toss to coat and spread evenly on the sheet. Bake for 7 to 10 minutes, or until crisp around the edges.
- Make the dressing: In a large bowl, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, garlic, mustard, salt, and several grinds of pepper.
- Add the onion, tomatoes, cucumber, and bread to the bowl with the dressing and toss to coat. Add the cheese, if using, and the basil and gently toss. Season to taste and serve with more fresh basil on top.
How to Carve a Canada Day Watermelon Bowl
Equipment
- Chef Knive
- Paring Knife
- Large Metal Spoon
- Melon Baller
- Pumpkin Carving Set (Optional)
Ingredients
- 1 Large Watermelon
- Fruit to Fill it With
- Craft paper, rosin paper, etc (as a drop cloth)
Instructions
- Print and cut out clip art patterns for your maple leaves.
- Cut the bottom off the watermelon, to make it more stable.
- Using the paper maple and a dry erase marker, draw a border of overlapping maple leaves around the watermelon.
- Unlike my Caladium design, I designed to do most of the design carving before doing the major carve. The maple leaf design is so intricate and fussy, I figured it would be the smartest idea.
- After deciding that I would alternate red and white leaves, I set about carving it all out to outlined white leaves. Keep a close eye on what leaf is going where, it’s easy to cut out a piece of green – that you didn’t mean to! – by accident.
- Once all of the leaves are done up as plain white leaves with outlines, carefully carve off the top of the watermelon. I aimed for all of the peaks/high points of my design, but you can aim a bit higher if you’re not feeling that confident. You can always carve more away, but it’s hard to add watermelon if you’ve carved away too much!
- Using a sharp knife – I used a good paring knife – carefully carve out the outer edge of your leaf design. Aim to keep your knife straight in, at a 90 degree angle to the surface you are carving – you’ll taper the edges later.
- Once you’ve carved and removed the very top, scoop out some of the watermelon – for this design, I left about 1″ of red around the side walls. This was to allow for the red design to show through in the middle of some of the leaves.
- Because there is no need for extra watermelon flesh on the very bottom, I scooped it out almost down to the white rind.
- Once the outer edge has been carved, go back over it and carefully taper the edges in a bit. Clean up any rough edges on the green rind, and taper inward from there – creating a gentle, rounded edge to the white rind, into the red. Don’t taper it in at too shallow a slope, though – you’ll want plenty of red behind the middle of the leaf design!
- If the white part of your rind is relatively shallow, carefully carve it out of every second leaf, being careful to leave the outer outline intact.
- If, like me, you managed to pick a watermelon with a very, very thick white rind? Just cut the insides of every second leaf right out. Position large pieces of carved-out watermelon behind each new opening, and it’s all good!
- Position your fruit bowl on a serving platter (the bottom will very likely leak moisture), and fill with your choice of red and white fruit.
- Be sure it’s all ripe and sweet, NOTHING is worse than less than ripe fruit in such a display! For ours, we used watermelon, red grapes, strawberries, cherries, and peeled/sliced pears.
- Set it out and enjoy!
This recipe is on website called celebrationgeneration.com go to the link here
Canada Day Coloring Pages
Canada Games and Puzzles
Canada Day Greeting Cards if want send a Card these are free
Canada Day – Word Searches
Maple Leaf Jigsaw Puzzle
Canadian Crafts for Kids
Canada Day 2026
