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  Canada - MSN Encarta
Canada is the second largest country in the world but has about the same population as the state of California, which is about 4 percent of Canada’s size.
This is because the north of Canada, with its harsh Arctic and sub-Arctic climates, is sparsely inhabited.
Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy.
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 History of Canada
Canada is the world’s second largest country with a land area of 9,970,610 km2 and a population of around 32 million.
The history of Canada is drenched with centuries-old dominance by the French and British colonialists.
The Dominion of Canada was born on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act by the British Parliament.
www.historyofcanada.info   (882 words)

  
 Canada Under British Rule, 1760-1791
Canada, with all its dependencies, Cape Breton and the Laurentian Isles, was ceded to Great Britain, and the French claim to Acadia was renounced.
General Murray was the Governor of Canada, but since the French population refused to take the prescribed oaths, no general assembly was ever called, and the country appears to have been managed successfully by an executive council appointed by Murray.
Almost unnoticed in the fog of war was the voyage of exploration by Captain Cook in 1778, and he arrived at Nootka Sound and claimed the North-West coast (British Columbia) as the property of the British Crown.
www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/canada-4.shtml   (1704 words)

  
 Canada Under France, 1663-1760
What was more important to Canada than all this warlike parade was the extension of French settlements inland into the valleys of the south and the west.
By the year 1755 the condition of affairs between France and England was again nearing one of the crises which periodically led to war, and in Nova Scotia the tension was particularly acute.
The position of Nova Scotia, sandwiched between Cape Breton and French Canada, was precarious, and in view of the large and unfriendly majority of French inhabitants, a decisive step was decided on.
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 Canada History
Prior to the arrival of Europeans in Canada, the area was inhabited by various peoples who came from Asia via the Bering Strait more than 10,000 years ago.
The first permanent European settlement in Canada was founded in 1605 by the sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, N.S.) in Acadia.
By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France ceded all its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain, while Louisiana went to Spain.
www.justcanada.org /canada/canada-history.asp   (383 words)

  
 BEST SETTLEMENT PRACTICES - Settlement Services for Refugees and Immigrants in Canada
In addition, Canada has developed over the years a broad network of organizations whose mission, in whole or in part, is to serve refugees and immigrants in their process of adjustment to Canadian society.
Canada is a country of immigration, with most of its citizens themselves immigrants or descended from immigrants.
Canada, through its official policy of multiculturalism, recognizes the legitimacy and value of the diverse cultures of its inhabitants, new, old and aboriginal.
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 Canada history
Canada was one of the smallest and most fragile of the British colonies.
Whereas Canada was predominantly agrarian in the nineteenth century, it became increasingly industrialized and urbanized in the twentieth century.
Worried about their declining significance with Canada, insulted by being referred to as simply another ethnic group, and astonished and saddened by the stubborn and often hostile refusal of English Canadians to grant even a modest amendment to the Constitution to protect their language and culture, they viewed independence as their only option.
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 Canada -> History on Encyclopedia.com 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The first permanent European settlement in Canada was founded in 1605 by the sieur de Monts and Samuel de Champlain at Port Royal (now Annapolis Royal, N.S.) in Acadia.
Canada's first prime minister was John A. Macdonald (served 1867-73 and 1878-91), who sponsored the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Canada's new constitution also opened the way for native land claims that have changed the political appearance of N Canada and had effects elsewhere as well.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/canada_history.asp   (3139 words)

  
 1761 in Canada - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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GeorgSee also: 1760 in Canada, other events of 1761, 1762 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
Tuesday October 6 - King George III offers Pitt the governorship of Canada, with 5,000 pounds per annum, but, instead, makes his wife a peeress; and 13,000 pounds per annum is granted to the survivor of three of his family.
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 Canada - History Immigration
Modern Canada, consisting of Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, was born.
Canadian cities continued to grow, and the population of Canada increased from 4.32 million in 1881 to 18.23 million in 1961.
It is because of this continued immigration that Canada remains a highly diverse country.
www.passtocanada.com /en/about/history.aspx   (609 words)

  
 Canada/US Relations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Canada has always been aware that its existence has to depend on something else than sheer power; and so internally and externally it has attempted to give itself to the virtues of conciliation, compromise, pluralism, and acceptance of difference.
The shift in Canada is partly a result of US control of large segments of the Canadian economy, of pressures under the free trade agreements to merge the two social cultures, and a general move in the Western world towards greater reliance on market forces for the production and distribution of wealth.
In Canada, the tendency to mirror, echo, or extend developments in the USA is increasingly a characteristic of the society.
www.ola.bc.ca /online/cf/module-4/usrel.html   (20021 words)

  
 British Canada, 1760-91   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
On the political scene, the French were removed from executive positions and as a consequence, French Quebec started a long era of relative isolationism from the economic and political life of North America that will last until the middle of the twentieth century.
Also in 1760, First Nations resentment towards Europeans for taking their lands intensified in North America.
From 1775-76 several battles occurred on the St. Lawrence River as American troop invaded Canada to rally it to the cause of colonial independence from Britain.
collections.ic.gc.ca /stlauren/hist/hi_engl.htm   (845 words)

  
 Ninth Generation
Mary LOCKHART was born in Jul 1795 in Canada, Nova Scotia, Kings Co., Horton.
Abigail LOCKHART was born on 29 Oct 1796 in Canada, Nova Scotia, Kings Co., Horton.
Rebecca LOCKHART was born on 22 Oct 1798 in Canada, Nova Scotia, Kings Co., Horton.
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 Canada. R. v. Sioui
The court found that the 1760 document was a treaty and that the customary activities or religious rites practised by the Hurons in Jacques-Cartier park were protected by the treaty.
Even if Great Britain was not sovereign in Canada in 1760, the Hurons could reasonably have believed that it had the power to enter into a treaty with them and that this treaty would be in effect as long as the British controlled Canada.
The Act of Capitulation of Montreal in 1760 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763 did not have the effect of terminating rights resulting from the treaty.
www.hrcr.org /safrica/cultural_religious/sioui.html   (1119 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Thin Ice : Coming of Age in Canada: Books: Bruce Mccall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
His depiction of the Canada in which he was raised seems to arise from inductive reasoning: since his was a poor, emotionally uncommunicative, and disfunctional family he attributes those same attributes to the entire nation.
As the psychiatrist said to the centaur, "Stop blaming your parents." Yet he recreates his childhood homes and family climate so winningly that the story overcomes such resistance, and we are transported back with him.
As a Canadian coming of age in Canada, with all the small town yearnings of the U.S. in all it's glory, I could certainly relate to Bruce McCall's book, but I would have loved it anyway.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679448470?v=glance   (1668 words)

  
 Recent Publications Relating to Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Irish in Mid-Nineteenth-Century Canada and the Case of Quebec: Immigration and Settlement in a Catholic City.
Canada's 'Voice of the Fugitive': A Study of the Anti-Slavery Press.
Factors in the Evolution of Canada's Foreign Policy on the Colonial Issue in the United Nations: An Interdisciplinary Analysis.
www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/833/publicationsStevenson.html   (3640 words)

  
 More Fighting for Canada: Five Battles, 1760-1944
It is a popular but totally untrue myth that Canada is a peaceable kingdom and Canadians are an unmilitary people.
In fact, Canada was created through armed conflict, or the threat of such conflict, and throughout their history Canadians have proved themselves to be a far more warlike people than some would like to believe.
The work of six professional military historians, the emphasis throughout is on the tactical level of war ­ the sharp end of the business where soldiers kill and are killed, and where personal leadership, training and experience are of foremost importance.
www.rbstudiobooks.com /FFC2.html   (648 words)

  
 Nova Scotia History Books.
The chronological listing, while unusual, however, does give an interesting slant, especially to the historian with the requisite time and patience; The reader will be interested in knowing that the first book listed is one by Marc Lescarbot; The community is indebted to the Dennis family and the staff of the Library of Acadia University.
The British dominions in North America, or, A topographical and statistical description of the provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Islands of Newfoundland, Prince Edward, and Cape Breton: including considerations on land-granting and emigration : to which are annexed, statistical tables and tables of distances, &c.
General report of an official tour through the new settlements of the province of Lower-Canada: performed in the summer of 1824, in obedience to the commands and instructions of His Excellency George, Earl of Dalhousie, G.C.B., captain general and governor in chief of British North-America, &c.
www.blupete.com /Library/History/NovaScotia/B.htm   (1527 words)

  
 The campaign of 1760 in Canada : a narrative attributed to Chevalier Johhnstone: Table of Contents   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The campaign of 1760 in Canada : a narrative attributed to Chevalier Johhnstone: Table of Contents
The campaign of 1760 in Canada : a sequel
The campaign of 1760 in Canada : a narrative attributed to Chevalier Johhnstone
www.ourroots.ca /e/toc.asp?id=2655   (38 words)

  
 The Brandon Sun: Online Edition
The British defeated the French Empire in 1760, not the French-Canadians.
But with people like him who claim that Canada should be officially English only, we have no other choice but seek official recognition.
Douglas says that he fears “for the existence of the English language in Canada,” he really means that he fears that English will lose its dominance if the French have linguistic rights.
www.brandonsun.com /story.php?story_id=714   (506 words)

  
 HOW NEWSPAPERS COVERED THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - The Early America Review, Spring 1997
England populated the Atlantic seaboard from Maine to South Carolina, and France settled Canada and the central part of the continent west of the Appalachian Mountains to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Subduing the French in Canada became a prime concern for the British colonists, because, as the Frenchman the Marquis de la Galissoniere had pointed out in 1750, only Canada with its location and human and natural resources was truly capable of thwarting British expansion in the New World.
Because the English controlled the territory between their advancing armies and the main colonial ports, news of the invasion of Canada appeared weekly, despite the fact that a writer to the Boston Gazette claimed, "it will be very difficult for a weekly news writer to keep pace" with the advancing army.
earlyamerica.com /review/spring97/newspapers.html   (7763 words)

  
 Canada : Suggested Itineraries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In a country as vast as Canada, there are almost limitless itineraries possible depending on the interests of the traveler and the amount of time available.
A journey along the rugged coastline of Canada's most historic region reveals wild seascapes and quaint stone villages plus the opportunity to hike to view wildlife and geologic curiosities.
The Glenbow Museum, one of Canada's top art and cultural institutions, is also here, and is a good destination if the weather turns.
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 The settlement of Canada in the Electronic Passport
The first Europeans to reach Canada were likely Vikings, but the only evidence lefts behind are the legends of the Scandinavian people.
The British were also active in colonizing the New World and after a series of wars, forced the French out of Canada by 1760.
As Canada expanded east into the fishing villages of the Atlantic Provinces and west to the Prairie Provinces, the English languages and culture dominated.
www.mrdowling.com /709-1stCanadians.html   (597 words)

  
 DOE - Fossil Energy: Listing of Natural Gas Import and Export Authorizations Issued in 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Engage Energy America Canada, L.P. Order granting blanket authority to import/export natural gas, including LNG, from and to Canada.
Order granting blanket authority to import natural gas from Canada and to import and export from and to Mexico.
Order granting blanket authority to import natural gas from Canada and to export natural gas to Mexico.
www.fe.doe.gov /programs/gasregulation/authorizations/Orders-2002.html   (1455 words)

  
 1769 in Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
See also: 1768 in Canada other events of 1769 1770 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
The American colonies begin their westward expansion settling Tennessee.
While that aspect is slightly covered, the majority of the book deals with the ramifications that the explo...
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 Joseph Audet-Lapointe, b: 1722 - Quebec, Canada   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Born: 20 FEB 1760 - Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Born: 14 JUN 1761 - Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
Born: 6 JUN 1765 - Laprairie, Quebec, Canada
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 Genealogy Data
Marriage: 19 DEC 1718 in Lauzon, Quebec, Canada
Marriage: 26 JUN 1698 in Quebec, Quebec, Canada
Marriage: 21 MAR 1897 in Lacolle, Quebec, Canada
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The Nortel Millenium Payphone ----------------------------- by twiggy Anyone in Canada (or at least Ontario) not living in a cave for the last few years has a passing familiarity with the Nortel Millenium Payphone.
Nortel's promotional material tells us this is the phone of the future, and it sort of looks like one.
Special thanks go to mannikin and hexnix as some of their research appears in this article.
www.hackcanada.com /canadian/payphones/millenium.txt   (1402 words)

  
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"The Troupes de la Marine in Canada, 1683-1760: Men and Materiel." Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Toronto, 1988.
Journal des campagnes au Canada de 1755 à 1760.
Moogk, Peter N. "Reluctant Exiles: Emigrants from France in Canada before 1760." William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Ser., 46 (July 1989), pp.
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