Who are considered the founding peoples of Canada?
- Aboriginal, French and British peoples
- British, Irish and American peoples
- French, Spanish and Portuguese peoples
- Inuit, Dutch and Scottish peoples
Answer: Aboriginal, French and British peoples
Discover Canada names three founding peoples: Aboriginal, French and British. Aboriginal peoples were well established here long before Europeans came, and settlers from France and Britain brought the English and French languages that are now Canada’s official languages.
Learn more: Who we are
- The three founding peoples of Canada are Aboriginal, French and British.
- Canada is the only constitutional monarchy in North America.
- Canadian institutions are committed to “Peace, Order, and Good Government”, a phrase from the British North America Act of 1867.
- Ordered liberty, enterprise, hard work and fair play helped Canadians build a prosperous society in a rugged environment from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Arctic Circle.
- Poets and songwriters have called Canada the “Great Dominion”.