Upon Confederation in 1867, the name Canada was officially adopted for the new Dominion, which was commonly referred to as the Dominion of Canada until after World War II. (Wikipedia) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Wikipedia) indicated at the bottom of this answer box.
1867
It started with a misunderstanding between two First Nation boys and Jacques Cartier. They told him that they were leading him to their "kanata" which was their word for village. However, he mistook it as that "kanata" or Canada, as he made it out to be, was a full-fledged country. It was named in 1535. :)
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The present canadian flag was first flown in 1965.
No, Jamestown is not in Canada; it is located in the United States. Specifically, Jamestown refers to the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in Virginia in 1607. There are other places named Jamestown in the U.S., but there is no Jamestown in Canada.
A scientist in Montreal, Canada named Hans Selye first coined the word in 1936.
It was a pig, and it adopted April 29, 2005 in Canada by a 7-year-old girl named Sarah Hasser.
Yes, their band was named D.O.A who first played in a scene in Canada in Vancouver, BC.
Jacques Cartier claimed what is now present day Canada for France. He was the first European to discover and map the waters and shores of Saint Lawrence. He was also the first European to travel inland in North America.
1867
Canada did not have a name other than Canada. Canada earned this name in 1531 when Jacques Cartier traveled through it.
1947
1995 with the Seattle Mariners. He was also named Manager of the Year in 2001.
It is named after Frederick Arthur, first Lord Stanley of Preston, Governor General of Canada from 1888-1893, who donated the Cup as "a challenge cup which should be held from year to year by the champion hockey team in the dominion of Canada."
Canada Day is celebrated on July 1st every year.
I think that Hockey first started in a country named Canada.
1982