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Earliest sign of human habitation in Canada may have been found. Possible 13,800-year-old fishing weir found in ocean near B.C.'s Haida Gwaii islands. By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press Posted: Sep 23, 2014 10:46 AM ET Last Updated: Sep 23, 2014 6:01 PM ET.
Territories, colonies and provinces that would become part of modern Canada were under control of the English, and later British, Empire from the sixteenth century, when France also had claims in the area.he most populous areas of Canada in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes region, as well as much of the Maritime province, were acquired under the Treaty of Paris of 1763 when France gave up all claims to mainland North America, and former French colonies were transferred to Britain.