Canada Day celebrations have been subdued in recent years (post-pandemic and altered by a new focus on the nation's history of residential schools), but given attitudes south of the border, this July 1 will likely see a more patriotic day.
Much like it was more than 100 years ago.
Canada's first birthday was in 1868, but B.C. was still a few years away from joining the nation, and 麻豆传媒映画hadn't been founded. And celebrations were for Dominion Day, not Canada Day.
In 1871, British Columbia became Canada's sixth province, but a "City of Vancouver" was still over a decade away. However, New Westminster was a bustling town, and the first photo in this gallery is from this period. It shows a group in front of the Colonial Hotel with hundreds gathered for the moment.
The photo likely represents a large portion of the local settler population.
First "Dominion Day" for 麻豆传媒映画overshadowed by 1886 fire
Years later, and less than a month before Vancouver was to celebrate the first Dominion Day on the west coast, in 1886, the city burned down. That put a damper on any plans to commemorate the day.
However, in 1887, a parade was held in the rebuilt city, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the 麻豆传媒映画volunteer fire brigade played a big role in it.
Over its first few decades, 麻豆传媒映画always enjoyed two significant Dominion Day activities. There was a big parade (with a significant military presence), and there were boat races.
Anyone who thought parades, festivals and events in today's 麻豆传媒映画were dominated by advertising should know, that's not new. It's a tradition that goes back over a century.
There's just a few examples of float photos here, but the archives include pictures of floats from multiple ice cream businesses in 1925, giant boots showing up several years apart from different shoe companies, and all kinds of local businesses from shingle companies to wire rope with prominent floats.
Another thing is the fashion that was on display. Given Dominion Day was a day to be out and be seen, some people showed up looking quite snazzy.
One additional note; in the search through the 麻豆传媒映画Archives photo database, it appears only one image of a Canada Day event (during the period) showed any indigenous people. In 1890, a photo captured a group participating in a boat race with an epic canoe holding at least 12 people.
