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Feb 24, 2010 · Prehistoric humans first arrived in significant numbers in what is now Canada about 12,000 years ago. They crossed an ancient land bridge between present-day Siberia and Alaska and spread steadily across the North American continent. Over several millennia, they established villages and eventually farming and fishing economies.
Britain and Europe first set up colonies in the area that is now Canada in the 1600s. The fur trade was a hugely important industry for the early colonists. In 1759, Britain invaded and conquered France's North American colonies, making northern North America entirely British.
Apr 22, 2020 · It is believed that the first Europeans arrived in North America in the 11 th Century. They were Norse Viking explorers, and had traveled from Greenland where Erik the Red had founded a settlement around 985 A.D. His son, Leif, may have traveled to Canada’s northeast coast around 1001.
The first Europeans to come to Canada were probably the Vikings, who landed on Baffin Island and along the Atlantic coast (Labrador) in the 10 th century. Between 990 and 1050, they founded a small colony on Newfoundland's most northerly point, the site of today's Anse-aux-Meadows, not far from Saint Anthony.
Oct 24, 2012 · Southwestern Ontario saw a large influx of settlers during the 1830s, and the new town grew apace. The REBELLIONS OF 1837 led to the stationing in London of the largest body of British troops west of Toronto; from this time dates London's reputation as a "garrison town."
Aboriginal and European people saw one another for the first time from entirely different cultural viewpoints. But they found common ground in the exchange of goods and greetings, in hospitality and the minor transactions of everyday life.
Feb 10, 2010 · People of English descent came to Canada either directly from England or indirectly through the American colonies. In the first case, their motives were largely economic. In the early 19th century, many working people in England were unemployed , and among the upper and middle classes, younger sons and discharged officers emigrated because they ...
