colonial Canada

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era in Canadian history historical period

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
British colonial administration in Canada	1
French colonial era in Canada	1
colonial Canada canonical	1

Statements (61)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ British North America NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) NERFINISHED ⓘ Colony of Vancouver Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Hudson's Bay Company territories NERFINISHED ⓘ Lower Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ New France NERFINISHED ⓘ Newfoundland Colony NERFINISHED ⓘ North-Western Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Province of Quebec (1763–1791) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rupert's Land NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvesGroup	British colonists ⓘ First Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonists ⓘ Inuit NERFINISHED ⓘ Métis NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousInfluence	Protestant churches ⓘ Roman Catholic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	Act of Union 1840 NERFINISHED ⓘ American Revolutionary War NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Plains of Abraham NERFINISHED ⓘ Confederation of Canada (1867) NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitutional Act of 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quebec Act (1774) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebellions of 1837–1838 NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Proclamation of 1763 NERFINISHED ⓘ Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Paris (1763) NERFINISHED ⓘ Treaty of Utrecht (1713) NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ founding of Quebec City in 1608 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada → hasSubject → colonial Canada ⓘ

Roger Hale Sheaffe → partOf → colonial Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: British colonial administration in Canada

The Old Régime in Canada → historicalPeriodCovered → colonial Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: French colonial era in Canada