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Mathieugp: /* Canadien, Canadien-français, and Québécois */

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Canadien, Canadien-français, and Québécois

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	Presently, the word Canada, in both English and French, designates a vast sovereign territory in North America, stretching from the East Coast of the Atlantic to the West Coast of the Pacific. ''Ad mare usque Ad mare''. The same word also refers to the federal State which Canada is politically speaking and of course the citizens of that State are the Canadians. However, this has not always been the case.		Presently, the word Canada, in both English and French, designates a vast sovereign territory in North America, stretching from the East Coast of the Atlantic to the West Coast of the Pacific. ''Ad mare usque Ad mare''. The same word also refers to the federal State which Canada is politically speaking and of course the citizens of that State are the Canadians. However, this has not always been the case.

	Canada didn't have the power to modify it's own constitution until 1982, didn't have it's present national anthem and flag before 1980 and 1964 respectively, and there did not exist a thing such as a Canadian citizenship before 1947. Before 1947, all people living inside the Canadian federation were British subjects. Therefore, the construction of present-day Canada as a "normal" sovereign nation-state is fairly recent. The Canadian identity as it exists today is fairly young.		Canada didn't have the power to modify it's own constitution until 1982, didn't have it's present national anthem and flag before 1980 and 1964 respectively, and there did not exist a thing such as a Canadian citizenship before 1947. Before 1947, all people living inside the Canadian federation were British subjects or foreigners. Therefore, the construction of present-day Canada as a "normal" sovereign nation-state is fairly recent. The Canadian identity as it exists today is fairly young.

	===Early Canadiens===		===Early ''Canadiens''===

	In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquoian "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.		In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquoian "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.

Mathieugp: /* Early Canadiens */

2007-03-02T23:22:18Z

Early Canadiens

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	===Early Canadiens===		===Early Canadiens===

	In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the ~~Iroquois~~ "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.		In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquoian "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.

	The whole of the St. Lawrence river valley was very rapidly designated as Le Canada and eventually came to be the heart of the New France colonies, especially after the foundation of Québec (city). This colony of Canada was already populated by various nomadic Amerindian peoples of the Algonquian family as well as the Huron and the Iroquois sedentary peoples (Iroquoian family). See the article on the First Nations of Québec. None of them ever called themselves Canadien nor "Canadian". They had their own names, and they sometimes had names for the territory they lived in. It seems a lot of them considered that they simply lived on the Earth, the mother of all humans.		The whole of the St. Lawrence river valley was very rapidly designated as Le Canada and eventually came to be the heart of the New France colonies, especially after the foundation of Québec (city). This colony of Canada was already populated by various nomadic Amerindian peoples of the Algonquian family as well as the Huron and the Iroquois sedentary peoples (Iroquoian family). See the article on the First Nations of Québec. None of them ever called themselves Canadien nor "Canadian". They had their own names, and they sometimes had names for the territory they lived in. It seems a lot of them considered that they simply lived on the Earth, the mother of all humans.

Mathieugp at 20:38, 12 February 2007

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	===Canadiens-français in United States===		===Canadiens-français in United States===

			===Québécois===

			==British, British American, Canadians==

			=== British in the Province of Quebec ===

			=== British in Lower Canada ===

			=== British in Upper Canada ===

			=== British/Canadians in United Canada ===

			=== British/Canadians in the Dominion ===

			=== Canadians in sovereign Canada===

	== Summary ==		== Summary ==

Mathieugp at 20:32, 12 February 2007

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	One major source of confusion in understand the Quebec question is the conflicting uses of the words "Canada" and "Canadian".		One major source of confusion in understand the Quebec question is the conflicting uses of the words "Canada" and "Canadian".

	Presently, the word Canada, in both English and French, designates a vast sovereign territory in North America, stretching from the East Coast of the Atlantic to the West Coast of the Pacific. Ad mare usque Ad mare. The same word also refers to the federal State which Canada is politically speaking and of course the citizens of that State are the Canadians. However, this has not always been the case.		Presently, the word Canada, in both English and French, designates a vast sovereign territory in North America, stretching from the East Coast of the Atlantic to the West Coast of the Pacific. ''Ad mare usque Ad mare''. The same word also refers to the federal State which Canada is politically speaking and of course the citizens of that State are the Canadians. However, this has not always been the case.

	Canada didn't have the power to modify it's own constitution until 1982, didn't have it's present national anthem and flag before 1980 and 1964 respectively, and there did not exist a thing such as a Canadian citizenship before 1947. Before 1947, all people living inside the Canadian federation were British subjects. Therefore, the construction of present-day Canada as a "normal" sovereign nation-state is fairly recent. The Canadian identity as it exists today is fairly young.		Canada didn't have the power to modify it's own constitution until 1982, didn't have it's present national anthem and flag before 1980 and 1964 respectively, and there did not exist a thing such as a Canadian citizenship before 1947. Before 1947, all people living inside the Canadian federation were British subjects. Therefore, the construction of present-day Canada as a "normal" sovereign nation-state is fairly recent. The Canadian identity as it exists today is fairly young.

	==~~How was it before?~~==		===Early Canadiens===

	In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquois "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.		In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquois "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.

	The whole of the St. Lawrence river valley was very rapidly designated as Le Canada and eventually came to be the heart of the New France colonies, especially after the foundation of Québec (city). This colony of Canada was already populated by various nomadic Amerindian peoples of the Algonquian family as well as the Huron and the Iroquois sedentary peoples (Iroquoian family). See the article on the First Nations of Québec. None of them ever called ~~themseleves~~ Canadien nor "Canadian". They had their own names, and they sometimes had names for the territory ~~these~~ lived in. It seems a lot of them considered that they simply lived on the Earth, the mother of all humans. The first group ~~of people~~ to identify to something called Canada were the ~~Canadian-~~born ~~French colonists~~. These colonists came to see themselves as a distinct people. These people no longer saw themselves as French people by the 18th century. They were the Canadian people. They knew where their ancestors came from, but the culture of the two groups was already different. When the British took over Canada, the France-born colonists left and the Canadiens stayed. These are the people the British eventually called the "French" Canadians.		The whole of the St. Lawrence river valley was very rapidly designated as Le Canada and eventually came to be the heart of the New France colonies, especially after the foundation of Québec (city). This colony of Canada was already populated by various nomadic Amerindian peoples of the Algonquian family as well as the Huron and the Iroquois sedentary peoples (Iroquoian family). See the article on the First Nations of Québec. None of them ever called themselves Canadien nor "Canadian". They had their own names, and they sometimes had names for the territory they lived in. It seems a lot of them considered that they simply lived on the Earth, the mother of all humans.

			The first human group to identify to something called ''Canada'' were the colonists of French ancestry born in Canada. These colonists came to see themselves as a distinct people. These people no longer saw themselves as French people by the 18th century. They were the Canadian people. They knew where their ancestors came from, but the culture of the two groups was already different. When the British took over Canada, the France-born colonists left and the Canadiens stayed. These are the people the British eventually called the "French" Canadians.

			===Canadiens in the Province of Quebec===

			===Canadiens in Lower Canada===

			===Canadiens/Canadiens-français in United Canada===

			===Canadiens-français in the Dominion of Canada===

			==== In the Province of Quebec ====

			==== In the Province of Ontario ====

			==== In the Maritimes ====

			==== In the Canadian West ====

			===Canadiens-français in United States===

			== Summary ==

	The following table presents the historical evolution of the modern day Québécois and Canadian identities:		The following table presents the historical evolution of the modern day Québécois and Canadian identities:

Mathieugp at 23:57, 8 November 2006

2006-11-08T23:57:13Z

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==Canadien, Canadien-français, and Québécois==

One major source of confusion in understand the Quebec question is the conflicting uses of the words "Canada" and "Canadian".

Presently, the word Canada, in both English and French, designates a vast sovereign territory in North America, stretching from the East Coast of the Atlantic to the West Coast of the Pacific. Ad mare usque Ad mare. The same word also refers to the federal State which Canada is politically speaking and of course the citizens of that State are the Canadians. However, this has not always been the case.

Canada didn't have the power to modify it's own constitution until 1982, didn't have it's present national anthem and flag before 1980 and 1964 respectively, and there did not exist a thing such as a Canadian citizenship before 1947. Before 1947, all people living inside the Canadian federation were British subjects. Therefore, the construction of present-day Canada as a "normal" sovereign nation-state is fairly recent. The Canadian identity as it exists today is fairly young.

==How was it before?==

In order to trace the origin of the word Canada and its use throughout history, we have to go back to the voyage of Jacques Cartier in 1534. The word Canada in French would come from the Iroquois "Kanata", which means "village". History tells us that the French explorers thought the word "Katana" meant the country they had "discovered", when in fact it meant the village they were invited in by the Amerindians they had just met.

The whole of the St. Lawrence river valley was very rapidly designated as Le Canada and eventually came to be the heart of the New France colonies, especially after the foundation of Québec (city). This colony of Canada was already populated by various nomadic Amerindian peoples of the Algonquian family as well as the Huron and the Iroquois sedentary peoples (Iroquoian family). See the article on the First Nations of Québec. None of them ever called themseleves Canadien nor "Canadian". They had their own names, and they sometimes had names for the territory these lived in. It seems a lot of them considered that they simply lived on the Earth, the mother of all humans. The first group of people to identify to something called Canada were the Canadian-born French colonists. These colonists came to see themselves as a distinct people. These people no longer saw themselves as French people by the 18th century. They were the Canadian people. They knew where their ancestors came from, but the culture of the two groups was already different. When the British took over Canada, the France-born colonists left and the Canadiens stayed. These are the people the British eventually called the "French" Canadians.

The following table presents the historical evolution of the modern day Québécois and Canadian identities:

== See also ==

* [[The Québécois identity is for all]]