In 1534, Jacques Cartier began the first of three expeditions to explore the territory that would briefly be known as New France. Though his attempts at settlement failed, Cartier—depicted here ...

Unknown to the early European settlers in New England and Canada, they carried with them virulent diseases to which Indians had no immunity. These deadly illnesses would serve as the shock troops of a ...

Oral histories of Lax Kw'alaams and Metlakatla First Nation peoples about mass deaths are confirmed by genetic studies ...

Few could many have predicted beforehand that refugee policy would become an issue in the 2015 federal election. The ongoing Syria refugee crisis, however, foisted refugee and immigration issues near ...

The Tsimshian people first settled American land over 6,000 years ago. This image was captured in 1890, after the fateful arrival of European settlers. Library and Archives Canada Humans tend to ...

The wacky ceremony that Canada had to complete before letting the King speak The ritual is rooted in traditions that predate European settlement in the Americas, and so old some of its precise ...

Several members of European royal families spent time in Canada during the Second World War, with their stays here becoming a foundation for lasting relations between their home countries and Canada.