Binge Travelers in Canada

Canada :  Descriptive

 Prior to 1870, Canada was known as the North-Western Territory.Canada is a large and diverse country known for its stunning natural beauty, friendly people and rich cultural heritage. As a traveler, it can be difficult to know where to start when exploring this incredible country. In this post, we take a closer look at Canada through the lenses of literature and film, exploring some of the best works that showcase this great country.

 Various theories have been put forward for the name Canada, and its origin is still accepted today. Lawrence The Iroquoian word kanata means 'village' or 'settlement'. In 1535, Aboriginal people in what is now Quebec City used the word to refer to the ethnographer Jacques Cartier's Stadacona village. Cartier later used the word Canada to refer not only to that village but to the entire area subject to Docona (chief of Stadacona); By 1545, European books and maps began to refer to this small region along the St. Lawrence River as Canada.

From the 16th century to the early 18th century, Canada was known as the part of New France along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies, Upper Canada and Lower Canada. The two colonies were named Canada until they united as the British province of Canada in 1841.

Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the legal name for the new country at the London Conference, and the word Dominion was given as the country's title. By the 1950s, the term Dominion of Canada was no longer used by the United Kingdom. It considers Canada a "kingdom of the Commonwealth" St. Louis Govt. Laurent ended the practice of using supremacy in Canada's statutes in 1951.

The Canada Act 1982, which brought the constitution of Canada fully under Canadian control, referred only to Canada. Later that year, the name of the national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day. The term Dominion was used to distinguish the federal government from the provinces, though after the Second World War the term federal had replaced dominion.

                 





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