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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 Canada have been inhabited for millennia by Indigenous peoples , with distinct trade networks, spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
The historiography of Canada deals with the manner in which historians have depicted, analyzed, and debated the history of Canada. It also covers the popular memory of critical historical events, ideas and leaders, as well as the depiction of those events in museums , monuments, reenactments, pageants and historic sites .
The constitutional history of Canada begins with the 1763 Treaty of Paris, in which France ceded most of New France to Great Britain. Canada was the colony along the St Lawrence River, part of present-day Ontario and Quebec. Its government underwent many structural changes over the following century.
Concluding a series of agreements between Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Hudson's Bay Company, Canada acquires Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, forming the Northwest Territories. In the aftermath of the Red River Rebellion, Manitoba is subdivided from the new territory in the area around Winnipeg , becoming Canada's fifth ...
History of Canada by location (8 C, 1 P) History of Canada by period (16 C, 9 P) History of Canada by topic (24 C) * Canada history-related lists (5 C, 20 P) A.
The Federal Court of Canada ruled in a judicial review that s. 10(1), 10(3), and 10(4) of the Act—all regarding revocation of citizenship—violated s. 2(e) of the Canadian Bill of Rights in a way that "[deprived] a person of the right to a fair hearing by the principles of fundamental justice for the determination of his rights and ...
A short history of Canada (5th ed.). Marks and Spencer. ISBN 0771065086. Morton, Desmond (1999). A military history of Canada (4th ed.). Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 0771065140. Matthews, Geoffrey J (1987). Historical atlas of Canada, From the beginning to 1800. Vol. 1. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802024955.
History of Canada by province or territory by topic (7 C) A. History of agriculture in Canada (4 C, 18 P) B. Historic buildings and structures in Canada (7 C)