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1750s: Hudson's Bay Company Saskatchewan River region, reached by trade drummers sent out with goods to tempt the Indians to York. c. 1750: The Ojibwa begin to emerge as a distinct tribal amalgamation of smaller independent bands. German immigrants begin to arrive in numbers at Halifax.
Canada Agriculture Museum, Ottawa. Alberta is renowned still for its stampedes, and cattle ranching is a main industry. The agricultural industry is supplemented by livestock and mixed farming and wheat crops. Alberta is the second largest producer of wheat in Canada. Grain and dairying also play a role in the livelihoods of Alberta farmers. [20]
Animated map of North America's territorial evolution from 1750 to 2008 — in the interactive SVG version on a compatible browser, hover over the timeline to step through time. British America (Colonial America) – (1583–1783) St. John's, Newfoundland (from 1583, English) British Arctic Territories — (from 16th century)
Although markets developed throughout Upper Canada, by mid-century "only a small fraction of farms was producing a marketable surplus great enough to provide for more than just the local non-agricultural population." Upper Canada's economic history is surely more complex than a history of the triumph of the market might reveal.
Toronto was originally used on maps dating to the late 17th and early 18th century to refer to Lake Simcoe and the portage route to it. Eventually, the name was brought down to the mouth of the Humber River, which is where the present City of Toronto is situated.
Canada's evolution has abandoned subsistence techniques and now sees a mere 3% of Canada's population employed as a mechanized industrial farmer who are able feed the rest of the nation's population of 30,689.0 thousand people (2001) as well as export to foreign markets. [47] (Canada's estimated population was 32,777,300 on 1 January 2007). [48]
Agriculture museums in Canada (3 C, 9 P) C. Crops originating from Canada (10 P) L. Canadian agriculture legislation (6 P) O. History of agriculture in Ontario (17 P)
The Ordinary People of Essex: Environment, Culture, and Economy on the Frontier of Upper Canada (2010) Cohen, Marjorie Griffin. Women's Work, Markets, and Economic Development in Nineteenth-Century Ontario. (1988). 258 pp. Craig, Gerald M Upper Canada: the formative years 1784–1841 McClelland and Stewart, 1963, the standard history online edition