New places to settle.
While it is not known for certain, the Vikings were likely looking for resources and trade when they discovered Canada. There is evidence that they actually traveled down the Mississippi River as far as present day Memphis, TN.
NO
Yes, the Vikings were the first Europeans to settle in Canada.
The Vikings where the firts to settle in Canada
The Vikings are Europeans and it was people of Asian descent that discovered Canada first.
The Vikings landed in 986
The brief visits of the Vikings to what now is Canada just after the year 1000 should not be called an "invasion"!
Vikings
the vikings left scandenavia in Europe and went to Greenland, iceland, vinland, and Canada and more looking for farmland they were also great traders
Leif Ericson.
They sailed from Greenland in longships.
Newfoundland.