Matthew Hayday is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Guelph. Raymond B. Blake is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Regina.

"[Celebrating Canada’s] sixteen chapters provide much food for thought; the editors develop interesting themes, and the book as a whole offers a pretty thorough accounting of Canada’s national days."- Richard White (The Canadian Historical Review Vol 99:2: June 2018) "This is a book that warrants careful (but cautious) reading for those interested in the crafting of the Canadian national identity."- Phillip Buckner, University of New Brunswick (British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 30 no 2)

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Nationalism, Identity, and Community in Canada’s HolidaysMatthew Hayday & Raymond B. Blake1. Taking it to the Streets: Negotiating National Identities in Montreal’s Parades, 1840-1880Gillian I. Leitch2. "Righteousness Exalteth the Nation": Religion, Nationalism, and Thanksgiving Day in Ontario, 1859-1914Peter A. Stevens3. The Politics of Holiday-making: Legislating Victoria Day as a Perpetual Holiday in Canada, 1897-1901Chris Tait4. Promoting a "Sound Patriotic Feeling" in Canada through Empire Day, 1899-1957Marcel Martel, Allison Ward, Joel Belliveau & Brittney Anne Bos5. "One Flag, One Throne, One Empire?" Espousing and Replacing Empire Day in French Canada, 1899-1952Joel Belliveau & Marcel Martel6. Love the Empire, Love Yourself? Empire Day, Immigration, and the Role of Britishness in Anglo--‐Canadian Identity, 1920-1955Brittney Anne Bos & Allison Marie Ward7.  From Armistice to Remembrance: The Continuing Evolution of Remembrance Day in CanadaTeresa Iacobelli8. Dominion Day and the Rites of Regionalism in British Columbia, 1867-1937Forrest D. Pass9. Dominion Day in Britain, 1900–1919Mike Benbough-Jackson10. A Chinese Counterpart to Dominion Day: Chinese Humiliation Day in Interwar Canada (1924-1930)Lianbi Zhu & Timothy Baycroft11. Canada’s Day: Inventing a Tradition, Defining a CultureMatthew Hayday12. Dreams of a National Identity: Trudeau, Citizenship and Canada DayRaymond B. Blake & Bailey Antonishyn13. The Redundant "Dominion": Refitting The National Fabric At Empire’s EndStuart Ward14. "Adieu le mouton, salut les Québécois!": The Lévesque government and Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day Celebrations, 1976-1984Marc-André Gagnon15. The Rootedness of Acadian Neo-nationalism: The Changing Meaning of le 15 août, 1968-1982Michael Poplyansky16. Marketing the Maple Leaf: The Curious Case of National Flag of Canada DayRichard Nimijean & L. Pauline Rankin17. ConclusionMatthew Hayday & Raymond B. BlakeAppendix: National Days and HolidaysContributors