canada. the main facts population: 34 million area: 9,984,670 sq km capital: ottawa largest city:...
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The main facts
• Population: 34 million
• Area: 9,984,670 sq km
• Capital: Ottawa
• Largest city: Toronto
• Government: federal parliamentary democracy + constitutional monarchy
Explorers• 1497 – John Cabot (Labrador,
Newfoundland)• 1534 – Jacques Cartier (St Lawrence River)• 1610 – Henry Hudson (Hudson Bay)• 1789 – Alexander Mackenzie (Mackenzie
River)• 1792 – George Vancouver (Western Canada)• 1905 – Roald Amundsen (Northwest
Passage)
History
• 10th century – first Europeans (Vikings)
• 1497 – British claim to the land
• 1534 – French claim to the land
• 1763 – the Treaty of Paris
• 1867 – the Dominion of Canada
• 1947 – independence within the British Commonwealth
Original inhabitants
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