BCE 500 - First Nations peoples begin to settle in Canada.

Around 500 BCE, the first Aboriginal peoples arrived in Canada and began to settle in small communities.

In 1000 CE, the Norse explorer Leif Eriksson became the first European to set foot on Canadian soil.

In 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier landed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, claiming Canada for France.

In 1608, Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Québec, the first permanent European settlement in Canada.

In 1763, France ceded Canada to the British after the Seven Years' War.

In 1867, the British North America Act united three colonies into the Dominion of Canada.

In 1885, the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed, connecting the country from coast to coast.

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