Canada (Gone Rogue from Motherland)

Canada is a country in the northern part of North America. Its eleven provinces and two territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it the world's second-largest country by total area and the fourth-largest country by land area. Canada's border with the United States is the world's longest binational land border. The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, many near the southern border. One third of the population lives in the three largest cities: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other major urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg and Hamilton.

Etymology
While a variety of theories have been postulated for the etymological origins of  Canada, the name is now accepted as coming from the  St. Lawrence Iroquoian word  kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement".

European Colonization
The first known attempt at  European colonization began when  Norsemen settled briefly at  L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland around 1000 AD.   No further European exploration occurred until 1497, when Italian seafarer  John Cabot explored and claimed Canada's Atlantic coast in the name of King  Henry VII of England. Then  Basque and Portuguese mariners established seasonal whaling and fishing outposts along the Atlantic coast in the early 16th century. [41]  In 1534, French explorer  Jacques Cartier explored the  Gulf of Saint Lawrence<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">, where, on July 24, he planted a 10-metre (33 ft) cross bearing the words "Long Live the King of France" and took possession of the territory  New France<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> in the name of  King Francis I<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">. <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> In general the settlements appear to have been short-lived, possibly due to the similarity of outputs producible in Scandinavia and northern Canada and the problems of navigating trade routes at that time.

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The desire for  responsible government<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> resulted in the abortive  Rebellions of 1837<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">. The  Durham Report<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> subsequently recommended responsible government and the assimilation of French Canadians into English culture. <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11.2px;white-space:nowrap;">  <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">The  Act of Union 1840<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> merged the Canadas into a united  Province of Canada<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> and responsible government was established for all provinces of  British North America<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> by 1849. <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> The signing of the  Oregon Treaty<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> by Britain and  the United States in 1846<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> ended the  Oregon boundary dispute<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">, extending the border westward along the  49th parallel<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">. This paved the way for British colonies on  Vancouver Island (1849)<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;"> and in  British Columbia (1858)<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">.

<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;">When government has discovered of Russian settlements (which all they proclaimed their communities as part of nation) in Northern lands with some Native Americans but some from Inult to orthodox faith. They seeing them as 'illegal' invaders from Russian Empire despite they are splited from them. They had declared war for northern land in name of King. This was lasted few years as Canadian-New Russian war with strong British victory. With the land owned as British terr itory until later given to Canadian goverment to finish it.

 Early 20th century 

Contemporary era