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Generally speaking, it is thought that the Vikings were the first Europeans to land in what is now Canada, back in the 11th century.THE VIKINGS! MUHAHAHA! yeahhhhh!!! :) YOU GO GIRL

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No disrespect to blonde pigtailed vikings but the first people to come to Canada were a few thousand years earlier. Mind you they had to wait for the kilometer of ice to melt and the land to get some soil to support some plants and animals to eat but they were there to meet, and kill, the Vikings.

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