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Prince Arthur with the Chiefs of the Six Nations at the Mohawk Chapel, Brantford, 1869. The association between Indigenous peoples in Canada and the Canadian Crown is both statutory and traditional, the treaties being seen by the first peoples both as legal contracts and as perpetual and personal promises by successive reigning kings and queens to protect the welfare of Indigenous peoples ...
When she and her three surviving children traveled with her husband to Quebec in 1617, [1] she became the first European woman to settle in Quebec. Her eldest daughter Anne's marriage to Étienne Jonquet in 1618 was the first recorded in Quebec. While Anne died in childbirth in 1619, she left many descendants through her other two children.
However, some sources, instead, put this date at 1535, when the word Canada was first used to refer to the French colony of Canada, [21] which was founded in the name of King Francis I. [22] [23] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. [28]
Immediately following a formal meeting of the King's Privy Council for Canada, the new king was proclaimed on 10 September in a ceremony at Rideau Hall. [592] [593] On 4 May 2023, the King held audience with Simon and Indigenous leaders, who also attended his coronation two days later. [594]
Indigenous peoples in Canada (also known as Aboriginals) [2] are the Indigenous peoples within the boundaries of Canada. They comprise the First Nations , [ 3 ] Inuit , [ 4 ] and Métis , [ 5 ] representing roughly 5.0% of the total Canadian population .
Indigenous people comprise about 5% of Canada’s nearly 40 million people, with the biggest populations residing in the north: Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
The history of monarchy in Canada stretches from pre-colonial times through to the present day. The date monarchy was established in Canada varies; some sources say it was when the French colony of New France was founded in the name of King Francis I in 1534, [1] while others state it was in 1497, when John Cabot made landfall in what is thought to be modern day Newfoundland or Nova Scotia ...
Members of the royal house of the monarchy of Canada are the royalty of Canada de jure [4] [1] [5] [2] House of Windsor , ruling dynasty of the Canadian monarchy [ 4 ] [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Had Great Britain been invaded by Nazi Germany during World War II, the British (sic Canadian ) royal family would have relocated to Canada, during Operation ...