colonial Canada

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Colonial Canada refers to the period when parts of present-day Canada were controlled and settled by European powers, primarily France and Britain, from the early 16th century until Confederation in 1867.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf era in Canadian history
historical period
appliesToTerritory present-day Canada
beganWithEvent early European exploration of the St. Lawrence River
characterizedBy European settlement and colonization
displacement of Indigenous peoples
treaty-making with Indigenous nations
colonialPower Kingdom of France
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
fur trade
timber trade
followedBy post-Confederation Canada
governedUnder British colonial administration
French colonial administration
hasEndTime 1867
hasStartTime early 16th century
includesSubperiod Acadia
British North America
linked to: British America

Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866)
Colony of Vancouver Island
Hudson's Bay Company territories
linked to: Rupert's Land

Lower Canada
New France
Newfoundland Colony
North-Western Territory
linked to: Rupert's Land

Province of Quebec (1763–1791)
linked to: Province of Quebec

Rupert's Land
Upper Canada
involvesGroup British colonists
First Nations
French colonists
Inuit
Métis
legalFramework English common law in most colonies
French civil law traditions in Quebec
locatedIn North America
mainLanguage English
French
otherLanguage Indigenous languages
partOf European colonialism in the Americas
precededBy pre-contact Indigenous history of Canada
primaryColonialPower France
Great Britain
religiousInfluence Protestant churches
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Act of Union 1840
American Revolutionary War
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
Confederation of Canada (1867)
Constitutional Act of 1791
Quebec Act (1774)
linked to: Quebec Act

Rebellions of 1837–1838
Royal Proclamation of 1763
Seven Years' War
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Treaty of Utrecht (1713)
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht

War of 1812
founding of Quebec City in 1608

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Roger Hale Sheaffe partOf British colonial administration in Canada
linked to: colonial Canada
The Old Régime in Canada historicalPeriodCovered French colonial era in Canada
linked to: colonial Canada
Jesuit College of Montreal historicalPeriod French colonial era in Canada
linked to: colonial Canada
Threepenny Beaver historicalPeriod pre-Confederation Canada
linked to: colonial Canada
Ferryland historicalEra New France and British North America period
linked to: colonial Canada