timeline

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  • Feb 15, 1000

    A.D. 1000

    The Vikings explore what is now Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and New Brunswick.
  • Jan 1, 1205

    30,000–15,000 B.C.

    The first people arrive in the area. They had crossed a land bridge from northeast Asia to North America.
  • Feb 26, 1534

    EXPLORER

    Explorer Jacques Cartier claims the area now known as Quebec for France. He uses the Huron-Iroquois word for village or community, "kanata," to describe it.

  • PARIS

    The Treaty of Paris ends seven years of fighting between France and England. France gives its Canadian settlements to England.

  • COLONIES

    Colonies now known as Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and Quebec join to create the Dominion of Canada. Its government is similar to Britain's and includes a governor-general, who represents Britain's royalty

  • CANADA

    CANADA
    Gold is discovered in the Klondike region of western Canada.

  • lANGUAGE

    English and French become Canada's official language

  • Canada, Mexico

    Canada, Mexico and the U.S. sign the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Under the treaty, certain goods traded between the countries are tax-free.

  • Nunavut

    Nunavut
    Nunavut becomes a self-governing Inuit territory. It is the first territory to have a majority native population.