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First Nations and New France

  • Cartier lands in Newfoundland
    Sep 21, 1534

    Cartier lands in Newfoundland

  • Champlain establishes Port Royal

    Champlain establishes Port Royal

  • Champlain establishes Quebec City

    Champlain establishes Quebec City

  • First Filles du Rois arrive in New France

    First Filles du Rois arrive in New France

  • Period: to

    Jean Talon, intendant of New France

  • •Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay

    •Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay

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

    King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland

  • Expulsion of the Acadians

    Expulsion of the Acadians

  • Period: to

    Seven Years War

  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

  • Period: to

    •Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading posts into the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation

  • Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows

    Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows