CANADA

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