Place details
Place nameCanada
Other namesKanada, Canadá, CAN, CA, ISO124, CA00, Dominion of Canada, Canada, Dominion of, British North America, Canadian
Latitude60
Longitude-96
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Inhabited by ancestors of Amerindians and Inuit in Upper Palaeolithic or earlier; evolved diverse cultures over vast area; Norse settlements by 1000 CE; English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese claimed territory from the 16th century; under British control from 1759; official languages are English and French.