- first people to live in Canada
Metis
- distinct people of mixed Aboriginal & European ancestry
Anglophone
- 18 million people
- people who speak English as first languae
Francophone
- 7 million
- people who speak French as first language
New Brunswick
, - officially bilingual province
Acadians
- descendants of French colonists
- began settling in Maritime provinces in 1604
Quebecers
- people of Quebec
- vast majority French-speaking
Confederation
- July 1, 1867
- joining of provinces
- Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec first formed
- Newfoundland was the last province to join