Imvelaphi yegama leli lizwe ivela kukhenketho olwenziwa ngumphandi owaziwayo UJaques cartier ngonyaka we-1535 ngu Umlambo iSt. Lawrence.
Abantu bokuqala ENyakatho Melika yaziwa njenge Iroquois Bahlala kwindlela ye Ilali yaseStadacona, uphi namhlanje isixeko sase EQuebec, ngeli gama igama kanata lalisetyenziselwa ukubiza loo ndawo, kodwa uCartier waqala ukuyithiya igama Canada ukubiza yonke le ndawo ibanzi.
Kungenxa yoko le nto ukusuka apho emantla eSaint Lawrence River kwaqala ukubizwa ngokuba yiCanada, nditsho nasemva kweminyaka ngo-1547 sele ibonakele kwimephu zeli gama.
Kuya kufuneka uthathe ingqalelo ukuba iKhanada ikwabizwa ngokuba yiNew EFransi Kodwa ukusukela nge-1700 ukuya phambili, lafumana igama laseKhanada, nangona amanye amagama abizwa ngalo lonke ixesha nakwimbali, njengeVictorialand, iBorelia, iCabotia, uMmandla oMantla, phakathi kwabanye.