What date has Parliament recognized as Sir John A. Macdonald Day?

Discover Canada records this with one direct sentence. The guide writes: In 1867, Sir John Alexander Macdonald, a Father of Confederation, became Canada's first Prime Minister. Born in Scotland on January 11, 1815, he came to Upper Canada as a child... Parliament has recognized January 11 as Sir John A. Macdonald Day. His portrait is on the $10 bill. The date the test wants is January 11.

The reason for the date is biographical. Discover Canada says Macdonald was "born in Scotland on January 11, 1815" — so Parliament chose his birthday as the official commemoration. Naming days for prime ministers on their birth dates is a common pattern, and the guide signals it as something Parliament has formally recognised.

The Macdonald Day pairs with the country's other founding date. Discover Canada says: "The Dominion of Canada was officially born on July 1, 1867." So July 1 is Canada Day, the country's birth date — and January 11 is Sir John A. Macdonald Day, the birthday of the country's first Prime Minister. The two days are different anchors in the national calendar.

Macdonald himself appears throughout this part of Discover Canada. The guide describes him as "a lawyer in Kingston, Ontario, a gifted politician and a colourful personality." His portrait, the guide notes, is on the $10 bill. So January 11 is the date attached to one of the most-cited figures in Canadian public life — a Father of Confederation, the first Prime Minister, the man on the $10 bill, with his own day in the national calendar.

The question is testing whether new citizens have remembered Discover Canada's exact date for the day named after Macdonald. The guide commits to January 11 — and links it directly to his birth date and to a formal Parliamentary recognition.

The other answer choices each test the reader. July 1 is Canada Day, the birthday of the country, not of Macdonald. The other dates do not appear in Discover Canada in connection with Sir John A. Macdonald Day. Only January 11 matches.