Editing Canada Day (section)

==Criticism and protest==
[[File:Rally organized by "Idle No More" movement on Canada Day in Toronto (July 1st, 2022) 04.jpg|thumb|Protesters at an [[Idle No More]] rally in [[Toronto]], Ontario, on Canada Day, 2022]]
Celebrating Canada Day can create tension in Quebec, where it competes with the province's [[Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day]] on June 24.<ref>{{Citation| url=https://montrealgazette.com/health/Canada+Parade+organizers+bemoan+lack+political+support/3164763/story.html| last=Fedio| title=Canada Day Parade organizers bemoan lack of political support| first=Chloe| date=June 17, 2010| newspaper=The Gazette| accessdate=July 1, 2010| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621051355/http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Canada%2BParade%2Borganizers%2Bbemoan%2Black%2Bpolitical%2Bsupport/3164763/story.html| archive-date=June 21, 2010}}</ref> The federal government sponsors Canada Day events in Montreal, while the Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebration relies on grassroots support and struggles with funding from the federal government and private sponsors.<ref>{{Citation| url=http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/insight/story.html?id=069c09a6-3deb-4246-8e2e-a7d5324b8b26| last=Hustake| first=Aalan| title=Proud Canadian, proud Quebecer who loved a parade| date=May 25, 2008| newspaper=The Gazette| url-status=dead| accessdate=May 25, 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628214622/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/insight/story.html?id=069c09a6-3deb-4246-8e2e-a7d5324b8b26| archive-date=June 28, 2011| df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Rising costs, funding challenges mean no parade on Canada Day in Montreal |url= https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/rising-costs-funding-challenges-mean-no-parade-on-canada-day-in-montreal |website= [[Montreal Gazette]] |date= June 29, 2022 |access-date= July 4, 2023}}</ref>

Some [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous people in Canada]] view Canada Day negatively, linking it to the [[Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples|injustices they have faced from the Canadian government]]. This criticism intensified during [[150th anniversary of Canada|Canada's 150th anniversary]] in 2017, as many felt that the celebrations ignored Indigenous contributions and current challenges.<ref name=":3">{{Citation |last=Geddes |first=John |title='Home on native land' on Parliament Hill |date=July 1, 2017 |journal=Maclean's |url=https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/home-on-native-land-on-parliament-hill/ |publisher=Rogers |accessdate=June 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Dunham |first=Jackie |date=2021-06-09 |title=Why some are calling for the cancellation of Canada Day this year |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/why-some-are-calling-for-the-cancellation-of-canada-day-this-year-1.5462653 |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Chinta |first=Puxley |date=June 13, 2017 |title=Many Indigenous people see little reason to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/06/13/many-indigenous-people-see-little-reason-to-celebrate-canadas-150th-birthday.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613173112/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/06/13/many-indigenous-people-see-little-reason-to-celebrate-canadas-150th-birthday.html |archive-date=June 13, 2017 |accessdate=June 13, 2017 |newspaper=The Toronto Star}}</ref> Similar concerns arose after the discovery of [[Canadian Indian residential school gravesites|unmarked graves of Indigenous children]] at a [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential school]] in British Columbia in June 2021. Canada Day events were canceled or altered in many areas,<ref>{{Citation| url=https://bc.ctvnews.ca/more-canada-day-festivities-cancelled-in-b-c-following-residential-school-discovery-1.5479117| last=Kotyk| first=Alyse| title=More Canada Day festivities cancelled in B.C. following residential school discovery| date=June 21, 2021| publisher=CTV News British Columbia| accessdate=June 25, 2021}}</ref>  and the Indigenous group [[Idle No More]] planned peaceful protests in major cities.<ref>{{Citation| url=https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/one-canadian-city-has-cancelled-canada-day-should-toronto-follow-suit-1.5472720| title=One Canadian city has cancelled Canada Day: Should Toronto follow suit| date=June 16, 2021| publisher=CTV News Toronto| accessdate=June 19, 2021}}</ref><ref name=:1>{{Cite web|last=Aiello|first=Rachel|date=June 23, 2021|title=O'Toole tells Conservative caucus he's against cancelling Canada Day|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/o-toole-tells-conservative-caucus-he-s-against-cancelling-canada-day-1.5482161|access-date=June 25, 2021|website=CTVNews|language=en}}</ref>  Some politicians backed the cancellations, while others worried that these actions undermined the concept of Canada and hindered [[Canadian genocide of Indigenous peoples#Reconciliation and acknowledgment|reconciliation efforts]].<ref name=:1/>