( Photo courtesy Carly Ethier, Junior Communications Officer)

Canada turns 150 on July 1st so this years Armed Forces Day on Friday June 16th promises to be a special one.

There will be two days of events: the aviation campus at Canadore will be the site of North Bay Armed Forces Day and there will be several military static displays on site.

And then the following day at the waterfront there will be performances by the Canadian Forces SkyHawks, a CF-18 Demonstration team and the Canadian Forces Snowbirds.

The waterfront celebrations show will start at 5 pm and wrap up at 10.