colonial Canada

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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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

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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 ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
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 ⓘ
British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America

Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866) ⓘ
Colony of Vancouver Island ⓘ
Hudson's Bay Company territories ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land

Lower Canada ⓘ
New France ⓘ
Newfoundland Colony ⓘ
North-Western Territory ⓘ
linked to: Rupert's Land

Province of Quebec (1763–1791) ⓘ
linked to: Province of Quebec

Rupert's Land ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
involvesGroup British colonists ⓘ
First Nations ⓘ
French colonists ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
Métis ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Great Britain ⓘ
religiousInfluence Protestant churches ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
significantEvent Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of the Plains of Abraham ⓘ
Confederation of Canada (1867) ⓘ
Constitutional Act of 1791 ⓘ
Quebec Act (1774) ⓘ
linked to: Quebec Act

Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
Royal Proclamation of 1763 ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
Treaty of Paris (1763) ⓘ
Treaty of Utrecht (1713) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Utrecht

War of 1812 ⓘ
founding of Quebec City in 1608 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Roger Hale Sheaffe → partOf → British colonial administration in Canada ⓘ
linked to: colonial Canada
The Old Régime in Canada → historicalPeriodCovered → French colonial era in Canada ⓘ
linked to: colonial Canada
Jesuit College of Montreal → historicalPeriod → French colonial era in Canada ⓘ
linked to: colonial Canada
Threepenny Beaver → historicalPeriod → pre-Confederation Canada ⓘ
linked to: colonial Canada
Ferryland → historicalEra → New France and British North America period ⓘ
linked to: colonial Canada