By P. E. Bryden
Before Europeans arrived in North America, by far the most heavily populated part of the continent was the Pacific Coast. Perhaps as many as three-quarters of Canada’s First Nation population lived west of Ontario. But all these First Nations communities, and the lands that they called home, were nothing more than [...more]

By P. E. Bryden
Quebec is Canada’s oldest province. The French explorer Samuel de Champlain established the first continuous permanent settlement in North America in 1608 on the shores of the St. Lawrence River at what would become known as Quebec City. The area had already long been inhabited by Iroquois and Algonquin First [...more]

How does Canada’s government work? How do its regions work? Who are our great prime ministers? This past Friday, our General Editor J.L. Granatstein spoke with Marc Montgomery on RCI’s The Link about these and other

By P. E. Bryden
A popular song in the 1960s declared Ontario “a place to stand and a place to grow.” As Canada’s most populous province, and the centre of the majority of Canadian business, it has certainly proven to be both a place to stand and a place to grow for many Canadians — more [...more]

By Patrick Brennan
After 1841, the colony of Canada comprised Canada West, overwhelmingly English-speaking and Protestant, and Canada East, predominantly French-speaking and Roman Catholic, though with a substantial English-Protestant minority. By the early 1860s, the legislature, which gave Canada East and West equal weight, had become paralyzed and the Canadas were headed for divorce. Canada West [...more]