The history of Canada covers the period from the arrival of the Paleo-Indians to North America thousands of years ago to the present day. The lands encompassing present-day See more

French interest in the New World began with Francis I of France, who in 1524 sponsored Giovanni da Verrazzano's navigation of the region between Florida and See more

The Seventy-Two Resolutions from the 1864 Quebec Conference and Charlottetown Conference laid out the framework for uniting British colonies in North America into a … See more

Prosperity returned to Canada during the Second World War and continued in the following years, with the development of universal health care See more

Indigenous societies
Archeological and Indigenous genetic evidence indicate that North and South America were the last continents into which See more

As part of the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763), signed after the defeat of New France in the Seven Years' War, France renounced its claims to territory in mainland See more

First World War
The Canadian Forces and civilian participation in the First World War helped to foster a sense of See more