When was Canada discovered?

Answer 1

The land which would one day become the nation of Canada, has been possessed by native peoples before recorded history. The first outsider since then seems to be the Viking Lief Eriksson who landed upon the shores of what is now known as Baffin Island, Labrador, and Newfoundland, around the year 1000 AD. The land that was to be Canada, however, was lost again until 1534, when Jacques Cartier of France discovered the St. Lawrence River and named the land around him "Canada", using an Indian word he picked up from the natives.

Answer 2

The British won the seven years war during the mid 18th century, thus forcing the French to relinquish control over Canada , but allowing them to retain the Louisiana purchase. Or still having monopoly access to New Orleans and the passage of the Mississippi river...

Answer 3

by the first natives and cristofer Columbus

Note: First Nations have settled in Canada long before. They did not found Canada as a Nation, but rather, as their title implies, they were the first to inhabit the land. Nationhood is different from residing on the land, in that creating a Nation involves structuring society within it, and infrastructure of these societies as well. The First Nations had a limited government that was (and largely still remains) tribal and communal at best and rested mainly on kinship. Their infrastructure of society is simple and does not sustain many at once, nor is it handy in the sense that life in a city would be.

It is largely thought that Christopher Columbus was the first European to land on Canada and thus start colonizing it. However, Samuel de Champlain can be credited just as such. Both men landed on Canada at relatively similar times (as similar as ocean travel could have allowed during that time anyway). The difference is that they started colonizing in different parts of Canada. Hence why Quebec is second largest to Ontario, because those were the main centers in which these two men based their colonizing efforts. Why is Canada mainly English speaking? Simply because the British won over the French in terms of colonizing areas and finally battles ensued until the British had taken over all of Canada.

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Sorry, but this is absolute nonsense. Columbus had absolutely nothing to do with Canadian history, or American history, for that matter. He was nowhere near Canada and did not land on the North American continent. There are many good books on Canadian history without resorting to such illiterate and nonsensical interpretations.

Answer 4

Canada was discovered by accident by people from Europe who wanted to find a trade route to China. They went the long way around and ended up in Canada. There isn't really a reason why it was discovered. It just happened.