Canada welcomes new citizens on it’s 156th Birthday

By: Emmanuel Ayiku, Toronto, ON.

Canada Day July 1st was celebrated across the country which included speeches, special citizenship ceremonies, musical performances and fireworks show. This year’s Canada Day cerebration in Ottawa was halted on Saturday afternoon due to inclement weather in the Ottawa Region, but the weather issue across Eastern Ontario was lifted at 10:30 pm when ceremony continued.

Seventeen new Canadians swore oaths of citizenship at a special citizenship ceremony as part of the celebrations in Ottawa.

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