Okwamanje indawo de Canada Imikhondo yobukhona bomuntu itholwe indala kuneminyaka eyizinkulungwane ezingamashumi amabili kanti lonke uphenyo maqondana nalokhu lukhombisa ukuthi abanye izizwe zangaphambi komlando kuqhamuka Asia bawela iBering Strait futhi bafika esifundeni. Futhi cishe emakhulwini amahlanu eminyaka ngaphambi kokuba uColumbus afike eMelika, vikings base behlala enyakatho yendawo.
Ukufika kwesibili kwe- abaseYurophu, nge Columbus ekuphatheni, wathola yonke inhlangano yomphakathi esungulwe endaweni. Ngaphakathi kwalolu hlaka, i ukubhekana phakathi isiNgisi nesiFulentshi kwesizinda sesifunda; okwaphela ngonyaka we-1534 ngenkathi i- I-French Cartier kulandelwe i- Umfula iSt. Lawrence up Quebec y EMontreal. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, i amakoloni kwathatha amakhulu amabili eminyaka ukuzinza. IQuebec yasungulwa ekuqaleni kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa kanye naseCanada eminyakeni embalwa kamuva iba en Isifundazwe saseFrance.
Ngakho-ke iFrance iqala imisebenzi yayo yezentengiselwano endaweni futhi amaNgisi ahlose ukuhlanganyela nabo ukusabalalisa ibhizinisi, kodwa ukuhlala ndawonye kwenzeka isikhathi esifushane kuphela kwaze kwaba yimpi yeminyaka eyisikhombisa, eyagcina ngokuhlulwa kweFrance kanye nokwehlukaniswa kwendawo I-Gran Bretaña e 1763.
Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, lapho ukuhlubuka kwe amakoloni aseBrithani ezwenikazi elisha, cishe amakoloni ayizinkulungwane ezingamashumi ayisihlanu afudukela eCanada okwadala ukuthi abantu bakhona balinganise phakathi kwamaNgisi namaGauls. Kusukela ngo-1812 i AbaseNyakatho Melika bazama kaninginingi ukuhlasela iCanada; kwaze kwaba ngo-1867 iGreat Britain yamemezela ukusungulwa kombuso omusha, iConfederation of Canada; yize kuphela ngo-1949 zonke izifundazwe zaziyingxenye kahulumeni omkhulu.
Ngemuva Impi Yezwe Yesibili izwe lathola umnikelo omkhulu ukufuduka kusuka e-Asia, Europa y I-Central America nesikhathi sokukhula komnotho saqala. Kusukela ngo-1975 uhulumeni usayine izivumelwano ne abomdabu ukubanikeza amandla okulawula izindawo ezinkulu enyakatho yesizwe.
Kusukela ngeminyaka yama-XNUMX, imibhikisho yokuhlukaniswa kwabantu beyenzeka kusukela eQuebec kuya ngase- ICanada ekhuluma isiNgisi eziveze imiphumela engafani okhethweni, okubeka ubunye bezwe engcupheni yangempela. Ngemuva kokhetho lwango-1995, uNdunankulu usezamile ukulawula isimo ngokunikeza Quebec isimo sokwehluka.