eastern europeans
The first Europeans came to Canada to explore circa 1000A.D.
The first Europeans to reach Canada were the Vikings.
Canada was included in Europe's first age of imperialism (the Americas). Europeans looked for lands for resources and power.
Yes, the Vikings were the first Europeans to settle in Canada.
The Vikings are Europeans and it was people of Asian descent that discovered Canada first.
The first Europeans to settle in Canada were Norse. They came around 1000, but did not stay long. The next activity came with Giovanni Caboto, who was exploring for England. After this, explorers from other nations such as the Portugal and Basque started to come to Canada.
The French and British were the first Europeans to go to the Cordillera Region of Canada. They sent explorers to the region looking for gold and other treasures.
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The first Europeans to settle in Canada were probably the Vikings, or Norse. They arrived around a.d 1000. Norse settlement of North America either failed or was abounded.
Indians. Indians are what the europeans called the natives when they first met in the tundra region Canada.
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Various indigenous First Nations settled in Canada thousands of years ago, well before the arrival of any Europeans. The first known Europeans to settle in Canada were Vikings, who built at least one settlement in Newfoundland around the year 1000. The next Europeans to settle in Canada were the French, in 1541.