How did the country Canada get its name?
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Canada:\n\nFrom kanata, meaning "settlement" or "village" in an Algonquian language (referring to Stadacona, a settlement near present-day Quebec City); \nThe name Canada is believed to have originated around 1535 from a Wendat (Huron-Iroquoian) word, kanata, meaning "village", "settlement", or "collection of huts"[1], referring to Stadacona, a settlement on the site of present-day Quebec City; another contemporary translation was "land"[2]. By 1547, maps made by early European explorers show that the name rivière de Canada was given to the nearby St. Lawrence River; the river was called Kaniatarowanenneh ("big waterway") in Mohawk, coincidentally and reinforcingly similar to kanata. A plausible hypothesis is that the river was named for the village on its banks and the surrounding land for the river used to explore it.\n\nAn apocryphal explanation of the name's origin is that Spanish cartographers, not having explored the northern part of the continent, wrote acá nada ("nothing here") on that part of their maps. A similar tale credits Portuguese explorers who, upon seeing the eastern coastline, declared a similar sentiment (cà nada).
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Inhabited first by Aboriginal peoples, Canada was founded as a union of British and former French colonies. Canada gained independence from the United Kingdom in an incremental process that began in 1867 and ended in 1982.\n\nRead more about it for specifics in the source I listed.
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All I can say about immigration is that since Canada is part of the Commonwealth (i.e. The union of countries that is all that's really left of the British empire) it's easier for Canadians than for most other people.\n\nI dunno if any of the following facts are cool, but here's some more info:\n\n1. The currency of the UK is called Sterling, with the main units being Pounds (worth just over 2 canadian dollars) and Pence (1 hundredth of a pound)\n\n2. Britain is a democracy, somew consider it to be the oldest "Modern" democracy in the world. The basis of the British democracy is a thing called the Magna Carta, which was the first Legal document in England that attempted to limit the powers of the King (essentially giving some of the King's powers to his Nobles) It's also considered one of the most important documents in the history of Democracy, having strongly influenced, among other things, the US consitution.\n\n3. Britain has the 4th largest economy in the world, after Japan, The US and Germany\n\n4. Britain is in fact a union of 4 countries: England, Wales, Scotland and most recently Northern Ireland. They are all ruled from one central government in Westminster, but Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also have national assemblies, like mini-governments, that handle alot of the governing as well.\n\n5. Britain used to have the largest empire that ever existed, with control over most of North America, India, Australia and a number of colonies and territories scattered everywhere else (including Iraq, New Zealand, various caribean islands and a few big chunks of Africa). The US was lost to the Empire after the US war of independence, the fall of the rest of the empire is largely attributed to the effects of the First World War, in which Britain had lost so many resources it could no longer  hold onto or run its' empire effectively. From this the Empire evolved into the Commonwealth Of Nations (of which, as I mentioned before, Canada is a part)\n\n6. The population of Britain is approximately 60 million people, with the highest proportion by far living in England. Almost a quarter of Britain's population lives either in or in the immediate area of it's capital, London.\n\nHope this helps, good luck :)
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Its spelt ...CANADA........and there were no scandels!!
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The Canadian Provinces are British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Foundland, and Labrador; the territories are Yukon, Northwest, and Nunavut.
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July 1, 1867 - Called Canada Day
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*Shrugging my furry shoulders* Well of course first came native americans, they spread to both of the American hemispheres. \n\nThe time line runs basically...\nInhabited for millennia by First Nations.\nFirst Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada to replace the word "Indian". It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. The proper terms to refer to the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis collectively is Aboriginal peoples or First peoples or Indigenous peoples, tribes, or nations. A national representative body of the "First Nations" in Canada is the Assembly of First Nations.\n\nBasque exploration\nBasque fishermen (primarily whalers) from southern Europe began fishing the Grand Banks as early as the 15th century. They primarily hunted arctic bowhead and white whales for their blubber (which produced whale oil) and their plates of baleen, used in dressmaking. By the mid-16th century, at least nine fishing outposts had been established on Labrador and Newfoundland. The largest of these settlements was the Red Bay station, with an estimated 900 people. At the height of Basque whaling, about 2000 people were employed each summer. However, the operation had largely collapsed by the early 1600s as the two whale species were hunted to near-extinction and many Basques whaling ships were pressed into service by the Spanish navy.\n\nEarly colonial period: The rise and fall of "New France" (Nouvelle-France) 1604-1763\nIn the 16th and 17th centuries English and French colonists established settlements in eastern Canada largely to support fishing or fur trade. French settlement began with Samuel de Champlain and Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts, first in Acadia in 1604, then Quebec City in 1608.\n\nAs New France was established over an extremely vast expanse of territory, the French had to secure the cooperation of the various amerindian nations, in effect creating a new hybrid civilization which allied Amerindian technology with French values.\n\nOver the next 150 years, Canada and Acadia continued to expand from the heartland of the St Lawrence River into the upper country (pays d'en haut) of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley of North America. Their expansion was opposed by the Wyandot (Hurons), the Iroquois, and more significantly the British, who waged a series of wars (French and Indian Wars) that cost France first Acadia, then Canada. Under British rule, Acadians were expelled in 1755. France was defeated at Louisburg in 1758 and at the decisive Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Quebec City in 1759. By the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France kept its Caribbean island colonies but lost almost all of its North American colonies to Britain and Spain. Of its northern possessions, all that was retained were the tiny fishing outposts of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Subsequently, only the French élite was repatriated, leaving the peasants at the mercy of the British conquerors, who tolerated the Canadians' Roman Catholic faith under the terms of the treaty.\n\nBritish imperial control 1763-1849\nBritish North America (BNA) was reduced with the American Revolution to the colonies of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec. The American Revolution was in part triggered by the necessity of accommodating 60,000 Catholic Francophones. To accommodate the many American Loyalists who were persecuted and expelled from the United States during and after the revolution, Britain created in 1784 the province of New Brunswick and, in 1791, divided Quebec into two provinces: Lower Canada and Upper Canada.\n\nBritish colonies were drawn into the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States, one of the effects of which was the first rise of a sense of nationalism amongst the British North American population. Subsequent disputes that arose between BNA and the U.S. over trade, fishing, and boundari
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i think it made canada more wealthy and more popular.i don't really know.
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Quebec is the largest province in Canada (in terms of area) and the second most populous, after Ontario. This represents about 24% of the Canadian population. Quebec's official language is French; it is the only Canadian province where English is not an official language. The capital is Quebec City and the largest city is Montreal.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec\n\nBritish Columbia, often also referred to as B.C. or BC, is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is famed for its natural beauty. It was the sixth province to join Confederation (in 1871). As of 1 January 2006, its population is estimated at 4,279,462.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia
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Canada is east of Alaska.
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Canada is a Monarchy, Head of state is the Monarch\n( H. M. Queen Elizabeth II, The Queen of Canada),\nMr. Harper is just the federal Prime Minister.
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The "Number 1" comes from patriotism. there is no such thing as perfect country or "Number 1". The only advantage of the United States is based on its strong means to preach such statements: Media, the spoken language, and its strong involvement in foreign affairs.\nAnd to whom ever said that the states is "the best country" to live in: a false statement. i strongly disagree, i guess you've never been to Canada and not aware of the Social advantages provided to every walking creature on land.
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Canadian Confederation, or the Confederation of Canada, was the process by which the federal dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 among the provinces, colonies, and territories of British North America.\n\nclick here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Confederation
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Although Canada didn't officially become a country until 1867, the region was known as Canada long before that.  Many of the critters described from the region were given the name because they were found in the region of Canada.\n\nThe scientific name Branta canadensis was designated by Linnaeus in 1758, which is when the binomial system of biological nomenclature was first developed, so it would indicate that the Canada Goose was probably known as the Canada Goose at that time.\n\nI can't find any records of the Canada Goose ever having another name, other than the various names for the animal in the many native languages.  It appears to have been the only English name ever used for the species.
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The full name of the country is The United States of America. \n\n"America" is  a shortened version of the full name. \n\nTrust me on this one, most Americans are well aware that the Continent of North America also includes Canada and Mexico!!\n\nIt is simply a shortened version of our country's name. We also refer to our country as the USA.\n\nPlease, please, please, can everybody just get over this for once and for all, and find something more important to take umbrage about?
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The name of the country Pakistan has a fascinating history - it is essentially an acronym.\n\nPrior to 1947, the country now known as Pakistan was a British colony. In 1947 the United Kingdom granted independence to the region under a new name, Pakistan. The name had been developed by a group of students at Cambridge University who issued a pamphlet in 1933 called Now or Never. They came up with the term "Pakistan" as "composed of letters taken from the names of our homelands: that is, Punjab, Afghania [North-West Frontier Province], Kashmir, Iran, Sindh, Tukharistan, Afghanistan, and Balochistan. It means the land of the Paks, the spiritually pure and clean."\n\nAlthough the suffix "stan" means country in Hindi and Persian, the students were able to fit the names of homelands to create an appropriate country name
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Canada.  \n\nA Short History of Lacrosse in Canada\nLacrosse, which the Native People of North America knew under many different names such as Baggataway or Tewaarathon, played a significant role in the community and religious life of tribes across the continent for untold years.  Its origin lost in the antiquity of myth, Lacrosse remains a notable contribution of the Native culture to modern Canadian society. Native Lacrosse was characterized by a deeply spiritual involvement, and those who took part did so with dedicated spirit and with the highest ideals of bringing glory to themselves and their tribes, and honour to the participants and the tribes to which they belonged. \n\nIn the 1840s the first games of Lacrosse were played between the townsfolk and the Native People. Though it was many years before any significant wins were logged against the Natives, the game of Lacrosse was quickly winning the loyalty and interest of the newest North Americans.  Lacrosse was named Canada's National Game by Parliament in 1859. In 1867 the Montreal Lacrosse Club, headed by Dr. George Beers, organized a conference in Kingston in order to create a national body whose purpose would be to govern the sport throughout the newly formed country. The National Lacrosse Association became the first national sport governing body in North America dedicated to the governance of a sport, the standardization of rules and competition, and the running of national championships to promote good fellowship and unity across the country. The unforgettable motto of the organization was:\n\n"OUR COUNTRY - OUR GAME"