In the16th century, the French dreamed to found and rule more territory . In 1535 , when the d navigator(航海家） Jacques Carty El to explore the “new world” in order to find a route to India fairway（航路） . He went along the St. Lawrence River upstream(逆流）. However, he did not find Asian , but came to Quebec (Québec), the local Indians called it "Stadakona". It is the first time that word “Canada” is written into the history. Canada comes from the Indian word "Canada" means " community " or " village ." Katie el report to His adventure in the first use of "Canada", to refer to Quebec . Canadian Indians and Inuit used to live there . It became the British and French colonies in the 16century,.1756- 1763 , England had a war named " Seven Years' War” with French in the Canada.
Fourteen thousand years ago, aboriginal Canadians have lived. In the 15th century, British and French colonists began to settle on the East Coast. In 1867, four British colonies in North America combined with each others to found federal which became modern Canada. Subsequently, the other British colonies in North America have joined federal, forming today’s Canadian territory(国土范围）. Canada is a nation of immigrants, pursuing a multi-cultural, about a quarter of the residents(居民） were born in Canada, a number of cities across the country has been judged one of most liveable city in the world.
By July 1, 1867 the “British North America Act” (British North America Acts), each consisting of a single British North American colonies of Canada, the Canadian Constitution, which has been built on English law; December 11, 1931, the British Parliament through the “Westminster Act” (Statute of Westminster), this law stipulates（规定） the right to enact（颁布） its own laws dominions(自治区） without waiting for the approval of the British Parliament, as prescribed in（规定） the Canadian colonial dominion, although Canada is an internationally recognized independent country, this special relationship has been in existence Dominion; April 17, 1982, the Canadian Parliament passed a new constitution, and get through the British Parliament abolished（废除） the old constitution, the Dominion of Canada day July 1 Canada Day was renamed Canada in fact independence from Britain.