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History of Canada. Prehistory to early European contact. Precontact aboriginal history.
Between 1534 and 1542, Jacques Cartier made three voyages across the Atlantic, claiming the land for King Francis I of France. Cartier heard two captured guides speak the Iroquoian word kanata, meaning “village.”. By the 1550s, the name of Canada began appearing on maps.
Canada came into its own in 1791 when the Constitutional Act (or Canada Act) divided the Province of Quebec , then considerably enlarged, into the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada. In 1841 they were joined to form the Province of Canada.
Feb 7, 2006 · The story of Canada since 1867 is, in many ways, a successful one: For a century and a half, people of different languages, cultures and backgrounds, thrown together in the vast, northern reaches of a continent, built a free society where regional communities could grow and prosper, linked by the common thread of an emerging national identity.
Historical Figures. Immigrants and Refugees.
The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples, with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
Jun 8, 2018 · Canada has been home to people for thousands of years and was first colonized by Europeans in the 16th century. However, it took over 400 years from European exploration to become an independent...
