respect than the natives of the USA. Canada's real birthdate is July 1, 1867 when the British created the Dominion of Canada under British rule. In 1931 Canada peacefully broke away from direct British rule. In 1965 a new flag with a red maple leaf on a white background was adopted. The name Canada is believed to come from the Huron-Iroquois word Kanata, which means "village" or "settlement". In 1535, locals used the word to tell Jacques Cartier the way to Stadacona, site of present-day Quebec City. Cartier used Canada to refer not only to Stadacona, but also to the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief at Stadacona; by 1547, maps began referring to this and the surrounding area as Canada. In 1864 and 1866, British North American politicians, in what became known as the Great Coalition, held three conferences to create a federal union. Spearheaded by John A. Macdonald, on July 1, 1867, three colonies--Canada, Nova Scotia, and New
In 1867 the Dominion of Canada was created - an independent country within the British Empire consisting of 4 provinces: Ontario, New Brunswick, Quebec and Nova Scotia, with the monarch represented in Canada by governor-general. HOW CANADA GOT THE NAME CANADA There have been many theories about the origin of the name Canada but there can be a little doubt that the word is Indian in origin. When Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence River in 1534 to the Indian village of Stadacona, now Quebec, he heard the village called ,,kanata" and took that to be the name of the country. However, in some Huron dialects, ,,Kanata" means settlement or a village. In the Mohawk language, a similar word means simply a place. In Cartier's map of St. Lawrence, he put tha name Canada on the area between the Saguenay River and what is now Quebec City. In the 16th century mapmaker, Mercator, used the name New France for the French colony along the St
from the centre of the fur trade and chose to establish a new French settlement along the St. Lawrence River. The French settlers left Port Royal and returned to France. But some of them stayed to farm. These people are the ancestors of the Frenchspeaking people today. In 1608 Chaplain was chosen to found the first settlement along the St. Lawrence River. For this he is known as "Father of New France." Chaplain chose and old Iroquois village of Stadacona for the settlement. It was a narrow part of the St. Lawrence River and had a good harbour. The settlement was called Quebec from the native word meaning narrows. But many settlers died the first winter, 28 to be precise. And Chaplain realized that the colony of New France needed many more settlers if it was going to survive but his efforts failed. By 1663 the population of France was still very small. The fur traders were more
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