More About Canada ( Past History )

 The history of Canada, from
the arrival of Paleo-Indians thousands of years
ago to the present day. Prior to European
colonization, the lands encompassing present-
day Canada were inhabited for millennia by
Indigenous peoples, with distinct trade networks,
spiritual beliefs, and styles of social organization.
Some of these civilizations had long faded by the
time of the first European arrivals and have been
discovered through archaeological
investigations.

 Starting in the late 15th century, French and
British expeditions explored, colonized, and
fought over various places within North America
in what constitutes present day Canada. The
colony of New France was established in 1534
and was ceded to the United Kingdom in 1763
after the French defeat in the Seven Years' War .

 The now British Province of Quebec was divided
into Upper and Lower Canada in 1791 and
reunified in 1841. In 1867, the Province of
Canada was joined with two other British
colonies of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia
through Confederation , forming a self-governing
entity named Canada.

 The new dominion
expanded by incorporating other parts of British
North America , finishing with Newfoundland and
Labrador in 1949.
Although responsible government had existed in
Canada since 1848, Britain continued to set its
foreign and defence policies until the end of the
First World War.

 The passing of the Statute of
Westminster in 1931 recognized that Canada
had become co-equal with the United Kingdom.
After the Constitution was patriated in 1982 , the
final vestiges of legal dependence on the British
parliament were removed.

 Canada currently
consists of ten provinces and three territories
and is a parliamentary democracy and a
constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II
as its head of state.

 Over centuries, elements of Indigenous, French,British and more recent immigrant customs havecombined to form a Canadian culture that hasalso been strongly influenced by its linguistic,geographic and economic neighbour, the United States .
 Since the conclusion of the Second World
War, Canadians have supported multilateralism
abroad and socioeconomic development
domestically.