Canadian History

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Cartier settles in Newfoundland

  • Champlain establishes Port Royal

  • Champlain establishes Quebec City

  • The first Filles du Rois arrive in New France

  • Jean Talon was the intendant of New Frace (1665 - 1668)

  • Radisson and des Groseilliers get to Hudson Bay

  • The King of England grants Hudson's Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland

  • Expulsion of the Acadians

  • Period: to

    Seven Years War

  • British conquest of Quebec (1759 - 1760)

  • Treaty of Paris

  • Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading posts into the interior: voyageurs and Metis nation

  • The First People migrate into North America (18,000BC)

  • Vikings settle in L'anse aux Meadows