No doubt we're a 'young' country by many standards, though we've been here for a few more than the official 150 years. There are archeological findings of Norse settlements at L'Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Norseman Leif Eriksson mentioned "Vinland" in the year 1000 A.D.. It was also written about by Adam of Bremen, a historian and geographer, in 1075 A.D., after he met King Svend Estridson of Denmark and discussed the northern lands of which he had knowledge.
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| Landing at L'Anse aux Meadows reenactment 2000 |
Years later, around 1504, Jaques Cartier explored Canada in the St. Lawrence River area after France and various other European explorers had ventured to NewFoundland and Labrador. To put that in perspective, the first established city in North America was St. Augustine, Florida, in 1513, The French controlled New France for many years but ceded the territories to Britain and Spain in 1763, after losing the "7 Years War". Quebec City was established in 1608 and is the oldest French speaking community in North America. it's also the only walled city north of mexico and has 4.3 km of walls.
In 1867, The Dominion Of Canada was formed, as Sir john A McDonald and the other Fathers of Confederation united British colonies in North America. It was the first time the term 'Dominion" was used to describe a country and indicated that Canada was a self governing colony of the British Empire.
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| Jacques Cartier meets with the Iroquois people in what is now Montreal. |
The Iroqouis word for village or settlement is kanata (Canada) and European explorers used the name to describe the new lands
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